When I began writing about the menace of increased federal
involvement in our medical delivery system, I was surprised to
discover that some doctors actually supported it. These misguided
medicos represented only a small minority of practicing physicians,
and most were profoundly ignorant about health care economics, but
the “M.D.” following their names provided them with a façade of
credibility. A number of these people took advantage of their
illusory expertise in health care policy to launch blogs which they
used to promote their notions of “health reform” and extol the
virtues of government-run health care in general.
Among them was an ER physician who writes under the nom de plume “Shadowfax.” This particular “docblogger” stands out in my memory because he was peculiarly uninformed about the nuances of the issue and yet utterly dismissive of anyone, including other physicians, who attempted to make him understand that he would one day regret advocating an increased government role in medicine. I occasionally crossed swords with him myself, but it was an exercise in futility. Like most soi disant progressives, this self-satisfied sawbones couldn’t imagine that he might be on the wrong side of this or any other issue.
Read more: http://spectator.org/archives/2013/01/11/a-pimp-for-obamacare-feels-the
Among them was an ER physician who writes under the nom de plume “Shadowfax.” This particular “docblogger” stands out in my memory because he was peculiarly uninformed about the nuances of the issue and yet utterly dismissive of anyone, including other physicians, who attempted to make him understand that he would one day regret advocating an increased government role in medicine. I occasionally crossed swords with him myself, but it was an exercise in futility. Like most soi disant progressives, this self-satisfied sawbones couldn’t imagine that he might be on the wrong side of this or any other issue.
Read more: http://spectator.org/archives/2013/01/11/a-pimp-for-obamacare-feels-the
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