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“America the Beautiful” author Dr. Ben Carson weighs in on SCOTUS’ health-care ruling and its new regulations for doctors.
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This get back to the supreme court's ruling on -- -- look at.
Doctor -- consummate neurosurgeon and also all of America the beautiful is in both of law.
He's an occasional guest on this program.
Would -- to make him a frequent -- -- -- after all one of the greatest -- -- on this planet at this moment doctor always a pleasure to have you with us.
Always good to be with that move within within introduction like that you've you've got to be happy.
What -- what does your your doctor.
You practice in a hospital.
Was Obama cat mean to you and your practice.
Well first of all I have to state.
We definitely.
Do need Health Care Reform there's no question about that and I think some people were overly exuberant and there.
Attempt to provide that without doing due diligence and without basing things -- -- just basing things on ideology.
But also use saying you know politicians.
-- People who really don't know a whole lot about health care to do something that should be done by professional people.
Now what it has meant.
Is an increasing amount of paperwork the number of regulations.
Coming down from Washington.
Is just getting to be really quite certain some can be or a regular feature.
And most of us and medicine we went into -- so we could take care patients wouldn't go into medicine so that we can get.
A new lecture each month about the new regulation that you have to be concerned -- And in what you need for good health care.
In the patient and you -- health care provider.
Now a long has come both the insurance companies and the government insinuating themselves into that equation completely distorting it.
And -- that we need to really start thinking more logically about how we're going to do this.
Did the other.
Oracle can I just can -- just interrupt 12 you mentioned the -- dozens of increased regulation and -- look.
I can you give me a specific example to you're doing an operation you -- that -- in the operating -- What new regulation do you have to be aware at all what new papal -- -- and is coming down the pike at you doing what you do.
Well basically you have to check off.
You know several different things.
In regard to.
What the patient financial status -- Who's gonna pay how they're going to pay.
Why they can't pay what you must do in order to be paid.
Those kinds of things in addition to being paid.
You can actually be penalized you can actually be you know criminalize for not doing certain things or for doing things.
And and what we've neglected.
In this whole equation.
It's the concept of free enterprise.
People are going to do things that are detrimental to their relationship.
With patients they're not gonna do things that are detrimental to their practice.
So you really don't have to to come down with all of these different rules and regulations.
On a consistent basis things were working perfectly fine before that happened.
Would you like not the lawyers -- of the doctor patient relationship.
It beat could be done would you do to affect -- lawyers regulators.
I mean even some physicians have -- opted to.
And and forgotten what it is that that we are supposed to be doing we're supposed to be using a tremendous.
Knowledge.
And that practical experience that we've -- To take the most important thing that a person has their -- life and their health and to give it to them and enhance form.
We need to keep that most in our minds.
Doctor Ben costs and one of the great if not the greatest new recession in the world today and we thank you very much for gracing all progressing -- program with the presence thank you don't appreciate right.
I -- I just have to say that I think all their surgeons are great when it takes a lot to become one.
And you know I've had some attention and I appreciate that.
You have you haven't had enough attention to -- Very few people know who you -- and that's a disgrace doctor -- costs and we know -- you -- we thank you very much for being here thank you don't think you.
