Are People Sick of Health Care?

" I was at a health care with dozens of congressional town hall -- meetings yesterday across the country as they happen all weekend winds happen including. I'd -- this weekend by President Obama and and the angry Americans are feeling. IA is is something that we've been noticing an observing throughout this whole process. Congress is at best a month away from finalizing a plan. Shows America on the verge of an epidemic of health care fatigue we're going to ask a doctor about that doctor -- the clock. It Nancy geologist and a board member of the American society and into conventional pain positions Peter Pace is the president. At the center for medicine a think tank on public health care policy issues and doctor -- I was suffering from health care it's."

" I don't believe we are. Patients and at these town hall meetings are coming there because they're upset they're they're concerned about what's going to happen in the future. And I think what you're hearing at these town hall meetings as real concern. Most people in this country are actually happy with the health care that they're receiving perhaps with the health insurance. And so they're concerned that the government gets involved and changes it there will be for the worse. -- your assessment."

" Also like going to the gym and become valuable the sore but you feel better. I don't think we're having health care critique I think people are taking control the health care debate they've listened to congress trying to ram through. 1018. Page bill that not even members of congress read. And now they're not the -- to think they're empowered that's what we're hearing."

" You used to working PR as well as in the healthcare industry. -- have we lost the message here."

" the most is being reformed and that's a good thing I think members of congress think overstep their boundaries when you ask Americans what they want with health reform means to them they generally say. We want people without access to insurance to have access to insurance those of first principles they don't want nearly a trillion dollar pretend your package it radically. -- health care in this country that makes uncle Sam. Uncle Sam and he's so I think from a messaging standpoint people are beginning to tell their members of congress now that congress is in recess listen. We want to cover the uninsured all the other stuff let's talk about that another time."

" Doctor how good has the government ban it in. Focusing on the patient the patient themselves from the type of care they're going to receive from this pro."

" I think that's actually why you're seeing so much anger in these town hall meetings because the one group that's been sort of ignored in the whole health care reform in my opinion has been. The patients or the do average citizens opinion about health care. I think we get a lot of the pain and -- but is there a way that we're not tackling. Well a minute I think they're we're looking at the number that there's all these uninsured Americans and are certainly problems we do need health care reform but I think. Worse would be to do the wrong thing then to do nothing and so I think that it's important that we do health care reform we do we're correctly we take the time to do properly. I feel that this bill is being rushed through for political reasons and not necessarily. The best bill the best way to attack all the health care problem."

" On behalf of the patient what question would you be asking the Iraq when these town hall meetings --"

" My patients are very conservative of the continue to get the -- that they received today and I can tell you in the United Kingdom France it's in my specialty they'd just come out from the government say that a lot of these injections and treatments that are being done should no longer be done. And so my patients are concerned what the government takes over are they really capable of determining who should get this care. And the whole -- comparative effectiveness studies have been looking out a lot of information to be -- from the national medical societies we have experts. We're really very well trained. And ethical position with the leaders of our societies. Over medical studies are very good at determining what the appropriate treatments. I think that the government should really turned who have decided to ask them to help control these cost and not just look at spending billions of dollars have been. Economist for -- you know different people looking at ways to do it."

" Peter final thoughts here though it seems that the administration has come out and and it tried to assure Americans that indeed they are going to have similar quality care to what they have now I have choices. Why does it seem that we keep missing that point as we watch some of the anger."

" True because well the reason that we're missing the point that people were speaking the democratically if the president are either confused or the not telling the truth. When you look at your -- working Europe. The government is the major Payer payers want to restrain cost I think and short term political budget years it's it's saving cost first patient care second and that's on health care reform in my mind."

" Right here doctor thank you so much -- have your perspective we'll talk. I'm sure -- seen on this and at thanks for coming to."