아래는 대한의사협회 회장의 페북글 퍼옵니다.
2009년 1백만명에 가까운 Obamacare를 반대하는 시민들이 오바마 대통령을 독재자 히틀러, 사회주의자라고 비난하면서 행진을 벌였습니다.
오바마케어는 전국민 의료보험제도로서 건강하고 소득이 많은 사람이 돈을 더 많이 내서 몸이 아프고 소득이 적은 사람의 의료비를 의무적으로 분담하게 함으로써 의료사각지대를 없애자는 제도입니다. 따라서 건강하고 상대적으로 소득이 많은 사람들은 반발할 수밖에 없습니다. 더 많은 건강보험료를 부담해야 하기 때문입니다.
그런데 이 제도는 "건강하고 소득이 많은 사람이 돈을 더 많이 내서 몸이 아프고 소득이 적은 사람의 의료비를 의무적으로 분담한다"는 점에서 전국민 의료보험제도를 채택하고 있는 우리나라의 건강보험제도와 내용면에서 같습니다.
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이 제도를 추진하는 것은 사실 사회적 공감대가 필요한 일입니다. 오바마 대통령은 오바마케어의 실현을 위해 미국의사협회 총회에 직접 참석하여 의사들을 설득했고, 장기간에 걸쳐 대국민 설득을 위한 많은 공을 들였습니다. 올바른 의료제도를 위해 사회적 공감대를 마련하는데 많은 공을 들인 것입니다.
그러나 대한민국에서는 의료제도에 관한 한, 그 어느 대통령도 이러한 노력을 하지 않았습니다.
그저 국민들에게 "우리나라 건강보험제도는 싸고 좋은 것이다"라고 앵무새처럼 반복해왔을 뿐입니다. 정치적 부담을 피하려는 이유에서였습니다.
적정의료비가 현실화되지 않은 이유가 바로 여기에 있습니다.
좋은 의료제도는 입으로 저절로 만들어지지 않습니다.
노력이 필요합니다.
그런 점에서 정치적 위기를 떠안으면서도 정면으로 문제를 돌파하는 미국 오바마 대통령에게 박수를 보냅니다.
그리고 의료제도의 문제를 애써 외면하고 있는 대한민국 대통령과 정부를 보며 큰 아쉬움을 갖습니다.
A million march to US Capitol to protest against 'Obama the socialist'
As many as one million people flooded into Washington for a massive rally organised by conservatives claiming that President Obama is driving America towards socialism.
The size of the crowd - by far the biggest protest since the president took office in January - shocked the White House.
Demonstrators massed outside Capitol Hill after marching down Pennsylvania Avenue waving placards and chanting 'Enough, enough'.
Tens of thousands of people converged on Capitol Hill on Saturday to protest against government spending
The focus of much of the anger was the president's so-called 'Obamacare' plan to overhaul the U.S. health system.
Demonstrators waved U.S. flags and held signs reading 'Go Green Recycle Congress' and 'I'm Not Your ATM'.'
The protest on Saturday came as Mr Obama took his campaign for health reforms on the road, making his argument to a rally of 15,000 supporters in Minneapolis.
Saying he was determined to push through a bill making health insurance more affordable, Mr Obama said: 'I intend to be president for a while and once this bill passes, I own it.
US President Barack Obama sports a mustache famously worn by German dictator Adolf Hitler
Demonstrators hold up banners on Capitol Hill in Washington on Saturday
'I will not waste time with those who think that it's just good politics to kill healthcare.'
But in Washington, protester Richard Brigle, 57, a Vietnam veteran, said: 'It's going to cost too much money we don't have.' Another marcher shouted: 'You want socialism? Go to Russia!'
Terri Hall, 45, of Florida, said she felt compelled to become political for the first time this year because she was upset by government spending.
'Our government has lost sight of the powers they were granted,' she said. She added that the deficit spending was out of control, and said she thought it was putting the country at risk.
Anna Hayes, 58, a nurse from Fairfax County, stood on the Mall in 1981 for Reagan's inauguration. 'The same people were celebrating freedom,' she said. 'The president was fighting for the people then. I remember those years very well and fondly.'
Saying she was worried about 'Obamacare,'Hayes explained: 'This is the first rally I've been to that demonstrates against something, the first in my life. I just couldn't stay home anymore.'
Andrew Moylan, of the National Taxpayers Union, received a roar of approval after he told protesters: 'Hell hath no fury like a taxpayer ignored.'
Republican lawmakers also supported the rally.
'Republicans, Democrats and independents are stepping up and demanding we put our fiscal house in order,' Rep. Mike Pence, chairman of the House Republican Conference, said.
'I think the overriding message after years of borrowing, spending and bailouts is enough is enough.'
FreedomWorks Foundation, a conservative organization led by former House of Representatives Majority Leader Dick Armey, organized several groups from across the country for what they billed as a 'March on Washington.'
Organisers said they had built on momentum from the April 'tea party' demonstrations held nationwide to protest at Mr Obama's taxation policies, along with growing resentment over his economic stimulus packages and bank bailouts.
The heated demonstrations were organized by a Conservative group called the Tea Party Patriots
Other sponsors of the rally include the Heartland Institute, Americans for Tax Reform and the Ayn Rand Center for Individuals Rights.
Recent polls illustrate how difficult recent weeks have been for a president who, besides tackling health care, has been battling to end a devastatingly deep recession.
Fifty per cent approve and 49 per cent disapprove of the overall job he is doing as president, compared to July, when those approving his performance clearly outnumbered those who were unhappy with it, 55 per cent to 42 per cent.
Just 42 percent approve of the president's work on the high-profile health issue.
'Parasite-in-chief': The title given to the American President during the demonstrations on Saturday
The poll was taken over five days just before Obama's speech to Congress. That speech reflected Obama's determination to push ahead despite growing obstacles.
Prior to Obama's speech before Congress U.S. Capitol Police arrested a man they say tried to get into a secure area near the Capitol with a gun in his car as President Barack Obama was speaking.
On Thursday police spokeswoman Kimberly Schneider said that 28-year-old Joshua Bowman of suburban Falls Church, Virginia, was arrested around 8pm on Wednesday when Obama was due to speak.
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