Most of the doctors say healthcare reform just isn't a good idea at this time.
(SALEM, Ore.) - Oregon doctors rallied on the capitol steps against President Obama's Healthcare Bill Saturday.
The healthcare professionals and activists are opposed to the current health reform bill in the U.S. Senate, so they gathered on the capitol steps Saturday to state many points against the plan.
Dr. Erik Swensson of McMinnville said, "I think there are defenite reforms that have to be made in the healthcare system, but not the present one Congress is looking at."
Doctors like Frank Rosenbloom in Oregon, say evidence exists to show how government run healthcare operates, "We have plenty of evidence to see what happens with centralized healthcare. We can look at the United Kingdom, we can look at Canada, it's a disaster."
Counter protesters at the event say claims like that are off track and wrong, citing instead what they see as immense success with the programs in Canada and the UK.
Activist Emily Blumenauer compared socialized healthcare for a nation, to programs for the poor.
"We rely on government welfare, let's show how this system is actually, falsely working".
She continued, "We're already in debt, and we don't need healthcare to put us into any further debt and these aren't the solutions we need."
Counterprotesters any Americans attribute the nation's massive debt to a needless and failed war in Iraq.
Dr. Juan Gigena of McMinnville, is originally from Argentina. He agrees with the anti-Obama crowd in that he sees a future of failure under this plan to bring healthcare to all Americans. "It doesn't work, I'm afraid it won't work for this country, these people."
It is a fact that healthcare reform is a threat to insurance companies and pharmaceutical companies. Many doctors are large recipients of the pharma company's proceeds, and there is no question that reforming healthcare for all Americans would be a blow to the insurance companies. Most of these doctors say it just isn't a good idea at this time.
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