Political Quotes

“many times in life we are in a doctor's office, and many times in life it is a tense, worrisome moment when we are waiting for that doctor to make a diagnosis or to tell us what we need to know about ourselves or someone we love. There are great doctors, and we hope that we are in the room with one at that moment. There are great doctors who are extraordinary surgeons and great researchers, but there are also great doctors who are caring, healing professionals who are there when we need them the most. I wish to tell a brief story about one of them from my home State of Illinois, an exceptional man. Dr. Russell Dohner is a family doctor who retired quietly in October at the age of 88. He had been a practicing family practitioner in Rushville, IL, a small farming community in central Illinois, for 58 years. Dr. Dohner is the only doctor many families in Rushville have ever known, but the longevity of his career is only one small reason they love him. For many families in Rushville and the neighboring towns, Dr. Dohner was a one-man solution to the problem of unaffordable health care. When he started practicing medicine in 1955, he charged the going rate around town for an office visit: $2. In 1970, with an apology, he had to raise his fee. His fee for an office visit was raised to $5, and that is where it stayed for 43 years. If families couldn't pay, Dr. Dohner would quietly signal to his office manager: No charge this time.…”