You may want to take a seat and a few deep breaths before reading this: Harry Reid, Senate Majority Leader, was quoted by the Las Vegas Review-Journal as saying that doctors should “stop whining about this and just take care of their patients.” What is the “this” that Senator Reid says physicians are whining about? A place at the table in pounding out the details of the impending healthcare reform.
Of course, good Senator Reid! Why would a physician have any business having a say in something like that? You lawyers and politicians have it all down pat, right? Or, as is more likely, you’re busy defending the interests of your frivolous lawsuit cronies, and all these pesky doctors are getting in the way of your plans. What would physicians know about what healthcare may need? After all, they and their staffs are just working in the trenches and on the front line every day, spending their entire lives healing people. How could that possibly compare to the wisdom of an attorney/politician and a Washington three-cocktail lunch?
