That was his answer to that question and now Diane has moved on to neurologist Dr Conroy
Dr Conroy - “What do you do to convince the American public that there are limits to what can be done to provide care...” lost the quote
Basically who decides how many tests get performed that are apropriate.
President Obama: “We need to come up with a system that is uniquely American.”
President says often the Mayo Clinic often provides care that is 1/3rd less expensive than other systems who offer same care. Using Mayo Clinic system as example of coordinating care.
Diane Sawyer says emails point out the Mayo Clinic is doing ‘it’ as a private sector provider so why get the gov’t involved?
Obama is spinning every question into a story with multiple examples
He acknowledges “many people are happy with their healthcare right now.”
Unfortunately “whether we like it or not, government is already involved in healthcare and is going to be involved in healthcare”
When obama said we need to figure out what works vis a vis effective treatment which by the way hasn’t been fleshed out.
Charles asked “shouldn’t we figure out that before we change the system?”
Good question,,Obama hedges.
“We need to come up with a system that is uniquely American.”
In other words, we need to come up with a system that no one can critique in advance. If we adopt the French system, for example, then my critics can point to the flaws of the French system, and can dramatize examples of where people have suffered because they were not properly treated. We need a plan that has no precedents, where we can simply call critics of the plan “naysayers,” and compare them to Holocaust deniers or defenders of chattel slavery.