California Medical Association Responds To Recent Remarks By President Obama

The California Medical Association issued the following statement today, attributable to CMA President Dr. Dev GnanaDev: "CMA is deeply concerned about two examples of medical treatment recently used by President Obama to make his case for health reform. "In the first example, he stated that surgeons make $30,000 to $50,000 to amputate a foot of a diabetic. This assertion is false.