A Norcross doctor testified before a congressional committee in Washington this week, talking about unintended consequences of the Affordable Care Act.
(Later in this article, we will tell you how you can talk to a congressman about the issue.)
On Thursday, Dr. Jeffrey English, a neurologist who is the director of Clinical Research at the Multiple Sclerosis Center of Atlanta, participated in a hearing of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. He was the second Gwinnettian to testify before the committee in a month, after insurance broker Raymer Sale testified at a field hearing in Gainesville last month.
“Health care is a very personal interaction between an individual patient and their doctor in an exam room,” English said, after being introduced by U.S. Rep. Rob Woodall, the Lawrenceville Republican who sits on the committee. “Unfortunately, the doctor and the patient were completely left out of discussions when the law was written.
“The Affordable Care Act’s biggest problem is not its website, which will be fixed someday,” English said. “Common sense will tell you that a top down program run by bureaucrats in Washington, D.C., with a one-size-fits all system for patients from Maine to Oregon, will be filled with unintended consequences. Unfortunately, those unintended consequences are my patients, my fellow Americans, and your constituents.”
English said patients will inevitably suffer the consequences of misguided bureaucracy under Obamacare.
via POLITICAL NOTEBOOK: Gwinnett doctor testifies on Obamacare | Gwinnett Daily Post.
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