Saw this on Facebook and though I'd share: AMA Insight, No matter which side you are on. The American Medical Association has weighed in on Obama's new health care package. The Allergists were in favor of scratching it, but the Dermatologists advised not to make any rash moves. The Gastroenterologists had sort of a gut feeling about it, but the Neurologists thought the Administration had a lot of nerve. Meanwhile, Obstetricians felt certain everyone was laboring under a misconception, while the Ophthalmologists considered the idea shortsighted. Pathologists yelled, "Over my dead body!" while the Pediatricians said, "Oh, grow up!" The Psychiatrists thought the whole idea was madness, while the Radiologists could see right through it. Surgeons decided to wash their hands of the whole thing and the Internists claimed it would indeed be a bitter pill to swallow. The Plastic Surgeons opined that this proposal would "put a whole new face on the matter". The Podiatrists thought it was a step forward, but the Urologists were pissed off at the whole idea. Anesthesiologists thought the whole idea was a gas, and those lofty Cardiologists didn't have the heart to say no. In the end, the Proctologists won out, leaving the entire decision up to the assholes in Washington.
On my train ride home yesterday, I met an orthopedist who said he had a bone to pick with the current admistration. My dentist says he liked the original bill, but that the law that was passed didn't have enough teeth. Not all is gloom and doom- my optometrist clearly sees how she will benefit and my dermatologist hopes that opponents in congress will fail to skin its funding.
I conducted a brief phone survey with a hemotologist, a physiatrist and a pulmonologist. They said, respectively, that the healthcare law makes their blood boil, would fail to rehabilitate the economy, and is not worth holding one's breath over.
