Comments on: Dr. Regina Benjamin, Surgeon General https://theexaminingroom.com/2009/07/dr-regina-benjamin-surgeon-general/ A physician's commentary on current issues in medicine, clinical research, health and wellness. Sat, 01 Aug 2009 09:16:11 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.4 By: Nick Dupree https://theexaminingroom.com/2009/07/dr-regina-benjamin-surgeon-general/comment-page-1/#comment-107 Sat, 01 Aug 2009 09:16:11 +0000 https://theexaminingroom.com/?p=93#comment-107 Dr. Charles:

I’m from the same city as Regina Benjamin and am really familiar with her community and her work. Once, she even gave me an assist on a Medicaid reform issue I was campaigning hard on.
Dr. Benjamin is probably Obama’s best nomination yet. Here’s why:
http://www.nickscrusade.org/regina-benjamin/

Nick

PS
I love your posts! please don’t stop.

]]> By: WWWebb https://theexaminingroom.com/2009/07/dr-regina-benjamin-surgeon-general/comment-page-1/#comment-92 Sun, 26 Jul 2009 21:02:31 +0000 https://theexaminingroom.com/?p=93#comment-92 Rob has an interesting related post over at Musings of a Distractible Mind

]]> By: Greg P https://theexaminingroom.com/2009/07/dr-regina-benjamin-surgeon-general/comment-page-1/#comment-63 Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:06:11 +0000 https://theexaminingroom.com/?p=93#comment-63 I wonder if perhaps it might have been better to give her support where she was. She is now taken out of the environment she presumably enjoyed to the wilds of Washington. We can admire her, but can she speak to me?

One thing this fosters is the idea that doctors make too much money, that they should be happy to do their work regardless of pay, that maybe we should all be like monks who live off the charity of others. Meanwhile, Obama makes a deal with hospitals to protect them financially.

Once again, doctors (in general) made out to be the bad guys.

]]> By: Danimal https://theexaminingroom.com/2009/07/dr-regina-benjamin-surgeon-general/comment-page-1/#comment-59 Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:14:07 +0000 https://theexaminingroom.com/?p=93#comment-59 I’ll admit that I’m disappointed. I was hoping Obama would nominate Dr. House.

]]> By: rlbates https://theexaminingroom.com/2009/07/dr-regina-benjamin-surgeon-general/comment-page-1/#comment-57 Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:57:48 +0000 https://theexaminingroom.com/?p=93#comment-57 I can name one. I had her for a teacher in medical school — Jocelyn Elders

]]> By: madhu https://theexaminingroom.com/2009/07/dr-regina-benjamin-surgeon-general/comment-page-1/#comment-56 Wed, 15 Jul 2009 03:19:04 +0000 https://theexaminingroom.com/?p=93#comment-56 thanks for this information- it is so good to know that grassroots people have a chance of being recognized-it gives me a little hope.

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