Obama Booed By Doctors At Public Meeting

June 15. 2009

President Barack Obama was booed at a large gathering of the American Medical Association in his hometown of Chicago, Illinois.

The doctors oppose President Obama's healthcare reform plans and vocally showed their displeasure, as their hospitals are under heavy strain from financial costs. The President took it in stride.

I am of the belief there are certain parties in Corporate America that do not want certain diseases to be cured, which would solve a lot of the nation and the world's healthcare woes.

Analysis: Doctors' boos show Obama's tough road

Jun 15 04:24 PM US/Eastern - WASHINGTON (AP) - Barack Obama isn't used to hearing boos. For all the young president's popularity, the response he got Monday from doctors at an American Medical Association meeting was a sign his road is only going to get rockier as he tries to sell his plan to overhaul the nation's health care system.

The boos erupted when Obama told the doctors in Chicago he wouldn't try to help them win their top legislative priority—limits on jury damages in medical malpractice cases.

But what could they expect? If Obama announced support for malpractice limits, that would set trial lawyers and unions—major supporters of Democratic candidates—on the attack. Not to mention consumer groups...

Not long ago, doctors' decisions were rarely questioned. Now they are being blamed for a big part of the wasteful spending in the nation's $2.5 trillion health care system. Studies have shown that as much as 30 cents of the U.S. health care dollar may be going for tests and procedures that are of little or no value to patients...

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