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Dr. Philippa Cheetham discusses the lack of clarity in the president’s health-care law.
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Boots chief John -- little halt -- after comments that he made in a radio interview on obamacare is the quote has exactly want -- he -- Technically speaking it's more like fascism.
Socialism is whether government owns the means of production in fascism the government doesn't own the means of production but they do control it.
And that's what's happening with our health -- program.
MacKey says he regrets using -- -- fascism.
And he clarified his comments on this morning on FOX & Friends.
But most of trying to describe Obama cares government controlled health care it's sort of the opposite of free enterprise.
Capitalism.
Which allows voluntary exchange between.
Businesses and individuals and it's the basis for.
Prosperity -- America.
And allows innovation creativity freedom of choice were moving away from that storm.
Trying to let people see that.
That's probably not going to be as effective as if capitalism itself is -- to work in the marketplace on that's entrusting government controls health yeah let's bring in doctor if you look at the -- achievement.
He's here.
She's a specialist at Winthrop university hospital the -- -- as I said you are a specialist OK under Obama can.
Won't hoops to patients have to jump through to get to see you a specialist.
Why as a -- question -- and the -- huge -- -- and issues in the medical community fed felt says.
But the themselves an old set back -- half -- that patients this team.
Vacancies tea and Tom's of beliefs that patients gonna have to get a fair I think the main that we probably don't really -- the full.
And -- -- delivered Obama because the rules haven't been written all because it's not clean barrel limit and I was gonna look -- think there's a number of issues having night whenever there's any need change in how can unite bank of experience of not just the American health care system call center -- -- health caste system.
Whenever a new health caste system comes and as always -- -- -- -- patients have adults as we often tight realize the full impact of changed.
Until actually on the shop facility with patient -- for example debit.
As it comes down upon -- you can see Obama kept coming -- you know not clear about exactly what is gonna do to you as a specialist the you'll confident in saying that it is gonna put up some barriers between patients getting to see you in the future that that's accurate so they say -- one of the OK I want to move -- to Matthew's point.
MacKey is saying.
-- this is government control.
Of the private sector of health -- you prevent our territory without actually.
He was strong stuff from the match it John MacKey that it was -- he's a man who founded whole foods -- in Europe Britain but you know whole foods.
This is a powerful guy making a powerful statement and -- backing him up.
Well John MacKey is not need to health care issues and he -- surprise issues in 2009 in the Wall Street Journal the all -- He listed eight ways to make health -- more efficient and it was a very insightful article.
I think Iraq a number of issues -- patients obviously one of the big issues is going to -- doctor shortages the key issue for patients as.
All they going to be able to say competent doctors and get quick access to these talks is when they need to say okay.
Can patients get access quick access to the doctors that they need to -- answer the question.
Now all -- get under Islamic yeah.
I think it's going to be different copies going to be much harder -- is now on I think that we going to be saying.
Ticking up -- areas is going to be big problems because 25 to that's son.
But patients who go to the emergency rain and up and areas.
They don't have insurance these undocumented people at the name at the hospitals can apply for charts attack and get some.
Many of us from -- government and -- can't be punished for the Obama casts a hospital -- of these money back.
I'm sure we're gonna see some effect and patient cab with a number of service is carrying -- sexual sense of it got to pay for these services and west of many gonna come from Citi dot.
Yeah good question Europe Brent you practice medicine I believe both in the that's so totally socialized British system animal free market American system.
Do you think that Obama -- -- Obama -- takes cause.
-- put in down that road to be more like Britain's national health so it doesn't.
Yes and I mean I bomb a cash and the national house others that we have in the UK than not the same thing and people often confused.
This is like twenty fast here in Madison and I had.
I'm sixteen years experience at the national house satisfied his hair in the U last say I've practiced in banks systems us -- that.
Obviously in the national health service health cat is free at the -- -- Cyprus and this is not what we're talking about that bomb attack to their awesome -- -- but all rules say some similarity.
Would you rather practice you know special had -- While is that no health care system is affixed to its neck and so the question -- -- would you rather added New York is specialty won't make written or via -- That's a very different questions -- say -- probably which patients your -- saying.
Iran praised -- -- sometimes there are some color and I put it like this do you intend to stay in -- -- let me say that you go there are other reasons about and I don't know.
-- -- -- but she didn't thank -- -- much for joining was not much influence to.
