Obama's former personal physician wants a single-payer system

http://money.cnn.com/2009/09/24/news/economy/healthcare_obama_doctor/index.htm?section=money_mostpopular

Obama's ex-doctor: Insurers 'screwing it up'
Chicago physician says companies are telling doctors how to do their job.

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- President Obama's former personal physician of 22 years, Dr. David Scheiner, has been very vocal on the issue of health insurance, particularly with his criticism of commercial insurers and how he feels they are meddling with the doctor-patient relationship.

Scheiner has publicly stated his support for a government-run "single payer" system.

"Insurance companies are making it more difficult for doctors to get preauthorization for treatments because they are hoping it will discourage people from getting expensive treatments."

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"Health care costs are going up, wages are stable and peoples' take-home pay is going down. We are on a disastrous graph. The administration is partly to blame. They didn't get the story right.

Why are people so afraid of government in medical care when private insurance companies are already meddling with doctors and consumers all the time? Private insurance companies are screwing it up. You can quote me on that."