Endangered Procedures

" Hey we told you about five procedures. Make it disappear. Under the president's health care proposal."

" Today we have. Five more to discuss with you enjoy is now Fox News medical contributor doctor Marc Siegel good to see your doctor -- congress -- for the first -- you wanna talk about is targeted. Treatments specifically things like chemotherapy right I don't think people realize out there hello."

" How well we're doing with cancer right now we used to just poison the cancer and then we'd end -- poisoning the body now. Now we have targeted antibiotics that go right to the cancer but they don't work in every once so. How is insurance one size fit all gonna cover this when it only works for certain people. And it's very expensive we have that with perceptive and which has an 80% response rate from extensive breast cancer it's a miracle drug only works in about 2030%. Same with some other targeted therapies I think that these could become extinct or even though they're the latest and greatest treatment some very worried about that possibility. Whether certain kinds medical reconstructive procedures that are in fact covered by insurance when they're medically necessary. What's your concern about that -- up under par. Prospective Obama plan well you know Peter it's it's it's the same problem I mean how you're gonna justify that you say well I can't breathe I needed a run of plastic that's a very important consideration is the notion of a right which is a nose job who's gonna decide if you can't breather here's another one burns one to two million people you are burned. 30% burns you have to going to burn unit. Guess what you need hospital readmission to more and more plastics procedures they're already talking. About cutting down on re admissions transplants tells about transplant liver transplants I think are really in danger because it's already -- 16000 people waiting for them only 6500 people get him would have fewer drinker. What do you have a problem with Soros is are they gonna get approved. We may end up with a point we're only Steve Jobs gets a liver transplant and nobody else."

" As the leader of apple okay -- after surgery this is a huge thing so many people get this done to fight their obesity problem that could go away."

" I'm very worried about -- to look 200000 cases were done in 2008 it's up from a 140000 cases. Let me explain about gastric bypass surgery. It actually I'm convinced that I used to be against that I now think it really works it cuts down on diabetes it cuts down on high blood pressure. It could start on heart disease if your 3400 pounds. You need these procedures kidney disease whatever and kidney disease that needs dialysis we just have about thirty seconds that -- you know Peter I was starting dialysis last night and 350000. People are on dialysis every year you know what most of them are elderly. Dialysis can help you get five or ten years of."

" Quality -- concern is if you're too old. Maybe get that maybe don't read I don't wanna taken away I don't wanna take it away from our elderly step Cecile Cuba no lottery and you've been having --"

" It's very much for pursing that down for as a debate."