Filling In The Blanks For Dr. James Rohack Of The AMA: We The Splintered Nobodies Are Not Buying What You're Selling

It's been nice being on break. It gives one perspective.

But there's a thread at Kevin's that merits attention . . . yet another "guest post" featuring AMA President, J.J. Rohack, spewing platitudes on "Health Reform Victories For Physicians".

Of course, Rohack is playing to a tough crowd. The doctors I know certainly don't feel like we "won" anything (many are talking about getting out and cutting losses as soon as they possibly can) . . . and a lot of us have just had enough of the Obaminator's wealth-re-distributing crap (if you asked me about the Florida urologist saying, "Go away" to Obama supporters, I'd have to say, short of outright abandoning a patient, doctors have the absolute right to accept or discharge patients . . . and patients have the right to go somewhere else).

Every time he features Rohack, Kevin feels the need to post a warning to remain "civil" and "respectful". He reserves the right to delete comments.

In my case he also edits them. I've posted twice on the thread (three times actually - one was deleted). You can read for yourselves. But Kevin cut off my second comment - dropping what I thought was the most important point. So I thought I'd post it here:

So maybe, just maybe, Dr. Rohack SHOULD be picking up that phone and talking to the lesser known/heard voices that have splintered off – like the “Primary Care Internist” – or Dr. Mary Johnson, whose life was turned to crap because she did the right/ethical/moral thing by a patient twelve years ago.

She’s got ZERO assistance from the mighty AMA . . . when she should have been invited by the AMA to testify before Congress – BEFORE it threw even MORE taxpayer money at the NHSC.

There will be one more post this weekend before I go back on break.