I've spent the last week trying to take care of my very sick boyfriend. He had a high fever, terrible chills and an awful cough. We've concluded that he has bronchitis, but since he doesn't have health insurance, like many of my friends and myself, he can't go to the doctor to find out if it's something worse. It's frustrating to know that the only time we would take him to the doctor would be if he got way worse and then we'd have to take him to the ER. Like so many people, we'd rather chance him not getting worse so that we don't have to spend the money to figure out what's wrong.
Earlier this week the American Medical Association (AMA) announced that it did not support the president's national health care plan. No matter that the AMA represents merely a third of doctors and half of those are retired. President Obama spoke at their annual convention in Chicago urging them to reconsider. The problem is sometimes the president can't make everyone happy and I think the time has come when he needs to stop being nice.
Bill Mahr said it best in this segment:
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