On the recordMay 31, 2011
I feel exactly the same way, Dr. Roe. For me, again, I've never seen a Democrat or a Republican patient. I see a patient. In fact, in my practice as a heart surgeon, frequently, I didn't even know what type of health care coverage that patients had. For a doctor, like you or me, for any health care professional, what matters is what's the right type of health care to provide for that patient regardless of ability to pay. And what we're looking at here is the potential where these bureaucrats may tell you, Dr. Roe, that you cannot treat this patient based on their decision about whether or not it's affordable for the American people. They're going to make decisions based on money, not based on what needs to be done.
