Paging Dr. Obama

摘要

On June 24, abc debuted a controversial new medical drama: Barack Obama, M.D. Actually titled Questions/or the President: Prescription for America, the town-hall forum sat the POTUS down to field questions about his plans to overhaul the health-care system. Before it aired, Republicans criticized it as an infomercial that would allow Obama to sell his platform to a vast prime-time audience. That critique turned out to be off on two counts. The questions-from an audience including a former Bush Medicare official and the CEO of Aetna-focused mostly on the worries of the already insured about what would happen to their choice and coverage.