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We have a Surgeon General now
Posted on 12/16/14 at 12:08 am
Posted on 12/16/14 at 12:08 am
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President Obama's pick to serve as the next surgeon general was confirmed Monday evening more than a year and half after being nominated, the first of nearly a half dozen of the president's picks set for confirmation this week as Democrats prepare to cede control of the U.S. Senate.
Senators voted 51 to 43 to confirm Vivek Murthy, a Harvard and Yale-educated doctor at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, whose nomination had been in limbo amid concerns about his experience, and opposition from the gun lobby.
As surgeon general, Murthy, 37, will serve as the nation’s top spokesperson on public health issues. Boris Lushniak has served as acting surgeon general since July 2013.
Senators in both parties had questioned whether he was too inexperienced for the job, or whether his efforts to get Obama elected and support the president's health-care law made him too polarizing a figure.
But by far the most vehement opposition to Murthy’s confirmation came from the National Rifle Association, which called him a “serious threat to the rights of gun owners” because of his support of tighter gun control laws. That animosity in part dates to a tweet Murthy sent out in 2012: "Tired of politicians playing politics w/guns, putting lives at risk b/c they're scared of NRA. Guns are a health care issue."
Posted on 12/16/14 at 12:14 am to Jim Rockford
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Guns are a health care issue
And cardiomyopathy is an energy issue.
Posted on 12/16/14 at 12:31 am to Jim Rockford
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That animosity in part dates to a tweet Murthy sent out in 2012
I miss the days when people couldn't broadcast their every last thought to the world.
This post was edited on 12/16/14 at 12:46 am
Posted on 12/16/14 at 6:43 am to Jim Rockford
He's 37????
Seems a tad young.
Seems a tad young.
Posted on 12/16/14 at 6:49 am to Jim Rockford
Our surgeon general is 37? He can only be out if school for a max of 5-6 years....
Posted on 12/16/14 at 7:09 am to TigersSEC2010
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Our surgeon general is 37? He can only be out if school for a max of 5-6 years....
...nothing that comes out of this administration surprises me anymore....Obama and his whole crew are a dumpster fire....bad part about it is that the fire is consuming America.
Posted on 12/16/14 at 7:09 am to TigersSEC2010
He supports Obamacare and has bundled hundreds of thousands of dollars to OFA.
Imminently qualified.
Imminently qualified.
Posted on 12/16/14 at 7:21 am to udtiger
has he actually ever seen patients?
Posted on 12/16/14 at 7:24 am to Jim Rockford
Cool.
Someone new in the Obama administration to lampoon and make fun of.
Someone new in the Obama administration to lampoon and make fun of.
This post was edited on 12/17/14 at 11:52 am
Posted on 12/16/14 at 7:33 am to Jim Rockford
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But by far the most vehement opposition to Murthy’s confirmation came from the National Rifle Association, which called him a “serious threat to the rights of gun owners” because of his support of tighter gun control laws.
It's about time for another national debate on gun control. I'd highly recommend Democrats jump on this full bore in 2016. Suggested slogan for Warren could be "Take thunder sticks from palefaces." Maybe the Hands Up, Don't Shoot occupy crowd could camp out at the Winchester HQ in New Haven.
Posted on 12/16/14 at 7:49 am to TigersSEC2010
quote:Completed a residency in internal medicine in 2006. Basically, as best as I can tell, completion of a 3yr residency is his single medical claim to fame.
Our surgeon general is 37? He can only be out if school for a max of 5-6 years....
Posted on 12/16/14 at 7:54 am to NC_Tigah
There's no way he could have been seeing a decent number of patients if he was busy making the necessary connections to become SG this young.
Posted on 12/16/14 at 7:58 am to Jim Rockford
I think I've had the hoodie I am wearing longer than he has been a doctor.
Posted on 12/16/14 at 8:17 am to Scoop
What an idiot obama are you serious.
37 & guns are the issue? he might want to read the DOJ report
37 & guns are the issue? he might want to read the DOJ report
Posted on 12/16/14 at 8:35 am to Jim Rockford
Not qualified at at all. This administration is pathetic.
Posted on 12/16/14 at 8:40 am to Cracker
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What an idiot obama are you serious.
37 & guns are the issue? he might want to read the DOJ report
That's exactly what this admin is comprised of. Inexperienced young, smug, kiss asses that are more concerned with sticking it to their opponents than serving the country. I despise these incompetent fricks in the White House and the liberals that support them.
Posted on 12/16/14 at 8:43 am to BugAC
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What an idiot obama are you serious.
37 & guns are the issue? he might want to read the DOJ report
That's exactly what this admin is comprised of. Inexperienced young, smug, kiss asses that are more concerned with sticking it to their opponents than serving the country. I despise these incompetent fricks in the White House and the liberals that support them.
Same thing is basically going on in the federal judiciary. That has bigger implications than this do nothing position.
Posted on 12/16/14 at 9:31 am to NC_Tigah
quote:The role of the Surgeon General is to draw attention to pressing public health concerns.
Completed a residency in internal medicine in 2006. Basically, as best as I can tell, completion of a 3yr residency is his single medical claim to fame.
BS Magna cum laude at Harvard in 3 years (Biochemical Sciences)
MD/MBA at Yale (was AOA)
Internal Medicine Residency at Brigham and Women's Hospital
Instructor at Harvard Medical School
Founder and President of Doctors for America
Served on the U.S. Presidential Advisory Council on Prevention, Health Promotion, and Integrative and Public Health
Chairman and Co-founder of TrialNetworks, a cloud-based Clinical Trial Optimization System
We could list the awards he won for patient care and teaching. Or his accolades for public service and leadership. But sure, reduce that CV to his residency completion 8 years ago.
Posted on 12/16/14 at 10:09 am to Paluka
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Not qualified at at all.
On the contrary. A nice potted plant is qualified to be surgeon general. The office has no purpose and no authority to do anything.
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