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Billy email MADBillyD@aol.com on Wednesday, October 07, 2009 5:35:11 PM
Looking to frame this key week in the health care debate, President Barack Obama on Monday called in some white coat reinforcements.
The Senate Finance Committee is set to vote on its version of health care legislation, with the full Senate and House expected to move forward after that.
So Obama surrounded himself with 150 doctors, including three Nebraskans, for a White House event touting some of the major goals of his health care proposals:
But Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., an orthopedic surgeon for 25 years, said many doctors, nurses and patients strongly oppose Obama's proposals.
They are greatly alarmed at proposed cuts in Medicare, which is the main source of health care for many people in Wyoming and elsewhere, Barrasso said Monday in an interview. He said doctors and hospitals also want provisions to protect themselves against “abusive lawsuits” by people claiming malpractice.
Among those at the White House event were Dr. Jessica Meeske, a pediatric dentist from Hastings, Neb., and Dr. Richard O'Brien of Creighton University's Center for Health Policy and Ethics.
Dr. Amanda McKinney, an obstetrician-gynecologist from Beatrice, Neb., joined three other doctors on stage with Obama.
(I didn't hear anything about my doctor being asked to come to D.C. could it be because while he believes changes need to be made he isn't a big backer of Obama- care. Read more on this story
Nebraska docs weigh in on health care debate )._