Comments on: Dingell Fields Questions on Health Care

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By: Jim Osborn

Jim Osborn — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 17:58:46 +0000

Congressman Dingell has not proposed anything that will lower health care costs, only find new funding methods. When I asked him last summer in Saline why he doesn’t support increasing the number of medical doctors in this country by opening up new medical schools, he replied that “That would take too long” Meanwhile we must import 1/4 of our doctors and still do not have enough. Plus, these are jobs that many Americans would like to do. There is a shortage of training, not applicants. Increasing the numbers of doctors will lead to more competition and lower costs. Plus, some medical students could be admitted under the condition that they practice for 5 or 10 years in either a rural area or in an inner city as a general practice doctor, not a specialist.

While Dingell says, “That would take too long” In 5 or 10 years we either will have many new doctors, or not. Dingell chooses “not”

By: DOUG KELLEY

DOUG KELLEY — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 17:56:55 +0000

Mary Morgan is a terrific reporter. This story is the fullest,
most accurate report of a local political meeting that I recall.
Brava!