The Ignorance of Arrogance
It never fails. During every election in recent memory, just about every candidate has campaigned on a slogan of reforming health care. The key word here is “slogan” as when you look back on what has been done over the years, we can all agree that absolutely nothing has been accomplished.
The times have now changed. Health reform bills have been passed in both the US House and most recently by the US Senate. There has been extensive and often heated debate on both sides over the last year, however we have gotten to the point of soon actually doing something substantive on this issue. The bills are now in conference and there is talk of expediting a final bill via “ping-ponging”. That suits me just fine.
I find it very interesting and exhausting to see the shifts in the discussions that have taken place over these last few months. People are screaming at the top of their voices because they are adamant against health reform going forward. It seems that these same people were perfectly content when health reform was just a slogan. We now hear rants of loss of “freedom and liberty” from the “backroom deals” of “radical democrats”. There is extreme talk of patients being separated from their doctors by all of the proposed changes in the proposed bills. All of a sudden, there is concern about the “process” and it’s “constitutionality”. Much of this concern and criticism is coming from many of my physician colleagues, some representing their on personal interests, others representing “front groups”. These same colleagues have taken extreme measures in expressing their objections, including vicious personal attacks on their fellow physicians and unprecedented attacks on Board members of the American Medical Association (AMA) . I find it quite distasteful and unprofessional for any physician, AMA member or not, to behave in such a fashion. We have sunk so far with the vile rhetoric, it seems now that the only layer left under our feet is the thin shelving just above hell.
It’s time to grow up people. You can’t have it both ways. If you demand honesty and transparency when you are out of power, demand the same when you are in power. It is quite obvious that this consistency was no where on the radar screen during the past decade. Tea, just like kool-aid, will definitely stain your teeth….stop drinking!. This is no longer your father’s medicine. It’s a new day and a new time. Throwing around terms like “freedom” and “liberty” are just not going to work anymore. These are simply buzz words for “I am no longer the top dog”. It’s time for you to stop playing the victim. There is a greater good that must be accomplished.
President Obama addresses American Medical Association on Health System Reform
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