GOP doctors decry health law’s ‘very bad medicine’

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spoke at a press conference organized by the Republican National
Committee. Other Republican doctors present included Reps. Phil Gingrey
(Ga.), the co-chairman of the GOP Doctors Caucus, Phil Roe (Tenn.) and
Andy Harris (Md.).

“Prescription pads belong in the hands of
doctors,” said RNC Chairman Reince Priebus, “not in the hands of
government bureaucrats.”

A large majority of health-sector trade
associations supported the law, which expands insurance coverage to
millions of Americans.

Rep. Phil Gingrey (R-Ga.), an obstetrician, said that Republicans
were “fortunate” that Democrats, rushing the bill through, “did
something that’s unconstitutional that gives us the opportunity to kill
this sucker dead once and for all.”

This post was updated at 10:40 a.m.