John Ensign: “Another friend of mine in southern Nevada, whom I was talking to about 6 months ago, is one of the best OB/GYNs we have…”

“Another friend of mine in southern Nevada, whom I was talking to about 6 months ago, is one of the best OB/GYNs we have in southern Nevada. He focused his practice on difficult pregnancies, on the high-risk pregnancies, pregnancies with complicating factors. Maybe there is diabetes involved. That is a very common problem. One of my goddaughters who babysits our children has gestational diabetes. It is not an uncommon problem among women. During that time, there can be complications develop because of diabetes. It can be a very serious problem, but if handled by highly trained physicians, usually you do not end up with any problems. Because my friend is in the high-risk category--by the way, he has never had a lawsuit against him--his insurance company this past year said he had to severely limit the number of babies he could deliver. This is his passion, and now he has to limit the number of high-risk deliveries. That means some other OB/GYN who is not as highly trained is going to have to deliver those babies. If you are getting ready to deliver and you have a high-risk pregnancy, you would want the best possible medical care you could get. You would want the most highly trained physician.”