Originally posted by GunnyRet03:
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A letter about healthcare reform to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) from former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop triggered a security scare that briefly shut down much of the Senate on Wednesday.
'http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/66363-letter-to-reid-from-former-surgeon-general-shuts-down-senate?page=2#comments
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Asked what his letter communicated to Reid and Pelosi, Koop said he was frustrated that Democratic leaders and the Obama administration are crafting healthcare reform without talking to enough experts.
“My mood about healthcare is that it definitely needs reform,” Koop said. “But the whole thing is being discussed by people who don’t understand it. I mean, this isn’t something that happened yesterday. I’ve been working on it for 25 years.”
More specifically, Koop said he did not necessarily oppose the Democratic-written healthcare bills, but does believe that congressional leaders and the White House have been too secretive.
“I don’t favor any one approach, but I do think we’ve been misled by the president about transparency,” Koop said. “We were told it was all going to be an open process. And this isn’t a dumb country — I know there are a lot of very smart minds about healthcare out there, but those aren’t among the names that Obama seems to be leaning on.”
This HC Bill will not be passed in any near future.
