Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, President Obama's own doctor of over two decades also supports medical tort reform. David Scheiner was Mr. Obama's doctor from 1987 until he entered the White House. He vouched for the then- candidate's excellent health in a letter last year. This was recently reported in Forbes Magazine. Dr. Scheiner worries about whether the health care legislation currently making its way through Congress will actually do any good, particularly for doctors like himself who practice general medicine. ``I am not sure Obama really understands what we face in primary care,'' Dr. Scheiner says. One of the Nation's top surgeons, with credibility and acclaim the world over for the pioneering surgeries he has and his personal story of overcoming hardship, recently severely criticized the health care legislation before Congress. Benjamin Carson, Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery at the Johns Hopkins Children's Center in Baltimore, Maryland, and recipient of numerous awards, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom, criticized, in a recent interview, the current bill's lack of malpractice liability reform. He pointed to excessive litigation, pointing out how much malpractice insurance and other forms of defensive medicine to protect against lawsuits add to medical costs. In an interview with a local television station, Carson insisted that tort reform must go hand in hand as part of any true health care reform.…”