President Barack Obama addresses the annual meeting of the American Medical Association (AMA) June 15, 2009 in Chicago, Illinois. Obama used the meeting to present his healthcare reform agenda to the medical community. (Scott Olson/Getty)
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Dr. Jon Hallberg on Obama's health care speech to the AMA
by Dr. Jon Hallberg, Minnesota Public RadioJune 16, 2009
St. Paul, Minn. — Yesterday, President Obama outlined his hopes for reforming the nation's health care system in a wide ranging speech before an audience of doctors in Chicago.
The President told members of the American Medical Association that the country can't afford to put off reforms to the health care system. Especially reforms that would bring down the cost of health care.
Our regular medical analyst Dr. Jon Hallberg had some reaction from his perspective in the clinic as a physician in family medecine at the University of Minnesota.
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