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Bill Clinton popularized the term “Politics of Personal Destruction” during his impeachment process.  He was obviously feeling somewhat persecuted (and would soon feel very prosecuted.)

We don’t really have that going on in connection with the Health Care legislation debate.  We have more of the Politics of Industry Destruction.

It started with Nancy Pelosi claiming the insurance companies make “immoral” profits and calling them “villains“.  How is it that 80% of the American people are happy with their insurance coverage, yet these companies are immoral and villains?

Last night our President took it to a new level, implying that since doctors don’t make enough providing on-going care to Diabetics (“a pittance”), their patients undergo amputation procedures where the reimbursement $ are significantly more.  This is ludicrous and if I were a doctor, I would be pissed!!  I am not a doctor and I am upset that he would demonize the profession like that.

Let me share with you from my experience.  There is a well known Lasik doctor in town (Dallas) who advertises that he has done 110K procedures.  Jenny and I went in to see him, and it was clearly an assembly line process to get tested, measured, financial counseled, etc.  An assemply line – no question about it.  However, when it was my turn to see the doctor, he looked at my test results and recommended that I not have the surgery.  He explained the upside and downside to having the procedure, and let me decide.  I decided not to have the Lasik done.  This is a guy who runs a high volume medical process, who could have done my surgery, knowing that I might be inconvenienced 10 years down the line.  But he recognized that I did not have all the facts and provided these to me so I could make and informed decision, even though it cost him $2,000 in revenue.  He even gave me an updated eyeglass and contact prescription based on my tests, without charging me!

This doesn’t sound like a doctor who is going the surgery route because there is a lot more money than on-going care.

p.s.    Jenny had both of her eyes done and it worked out great for her.