Obama picks Obamacare advocate as surgeon general; O: “We are going to get this done”

Reuters reports that President Obama will announce his surgeon general pick at around 11:30am-ish this morning.
Nope, it’s not Dr. Phil.
She’s Dr. Regina Benjamin, an Alabama rural physician.
Benjamin was the first black woman to head a state medical society, received the Nelson Mandela Award for Health and Human Rights and last fall received a MacArthur Foundation “genius grant,” the AP says.
She also made headlines in the wake of Hurricane Katrina in rebuilding her rural health clinic that serves 4,400 patients.
Benjamin will be another administration voice for S-CHIP and Obamacare:
Through her personal practice and advocacy work, Benjamin sees no easy solution to the problem, but hopes for a nationwide movement to provide universal health access for everyone in the country.
“I think there certainly can be a minimum benefit that everyone could have and then you could buy more on top of that if you wanted it,” she says. “It can’t just be a government program. It has to be something that everybody is a part of–government, private industry, individuals.”
She cites the Children’s Health Insurance Program, a federal- and state-sponsored program that aims to provide insurance to all uninsured children in the country, as a step in the right direction.
“Now, we need to cover the parents of those children,” she says. “If we do that, we’ve come a long way toward providing universal coverage.”
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At Rose Garden ceremony announcing Dr. Benjamin, Obama insists his health care takeover plan is not dead:
“We are going to get this done.”
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Whoah… Dude….
GOOD drugs…
http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090710/capt.9608f240ca854dbb9f161e2916926044.state_clinton_dcpm102.jpg?x=313&y=345&q=85&sig=x33N9tBR5ZM7VNBFxiGTOg–
“This is your Sec. Of State on drugs….”
According to the website, she is unqualified for the post as Surgeon General.
Notice the word ” his ”
Sexists…
…over the Nation’s dead body”.
ArizonaNeanderthal, best of luck with curing your pneumonia.
Dittos, AZ. The P is nothing to mess with. Get good meds, and take it easy til you’re all better.
That’s what happens sometimes with arm-twisting. Did she meet recently with Michelle Obama- she of the magnificently sculpted arms?
How do you tell the difference?
Sigh.
I dunno. See how how many and much (gullible, uninformed?) people, let alone media, are raving for “free” total healthcare, I often grimly wonder if the battle to stop socialization is inevitably a futile one. I guarantee you (by real people feedback) the next step beyond is free housing — not in terms of flats and apartments but _houses_ , citizen or not. It’s already happening. “No more projects.” No, not with The American Dream turned a manatory “right.” Sorry you worked your ass off for that mortgage to get yours.
James Greenidge
Queens, NT
Oh that’s a shock…not!