Jun/21
2012
2012
Dr. Ami Siems "I Only Want To Treat Rich People"
Dr. Ami Siems has a message and she's taking to the air. The message is simple: as someone who invested a lot of money to become a physician she's not about to take a pay cut by having to treat those who cannot afford health coverage.
NEW YORK (AP) -- A conservative women's group on Wednesday launched a $6 million ad campaign in presidential battleground states criticizing President Barack Obama's health care reform law.
The 60-second ad from Concerned Women for America features a family physician, Ami Siems, warning that patients may be denied care under the new law and might not be able to choose their own doctor. Siems previously appeared in ads criticizing the health care reform proposal sponsored by another conservative group, Americans for Prosperity, in 2009 when the plan was being considered by Congress.
It's nice to know that some doctors are open about their interest in practicing medicine. Some went into the profession out of fascination with science and medicine. Others perhaps because of compassion or a personal experience that led them to take up the stethoscope. And some, like Ms. Ami, just for the money of it. Of course those in that last category aren't really as dissatisfied as the rest of us with the current cost of health care because, well, they're on the receiving end. So scare tactics about not being able to choose really don't matter because the vast majority of us already *can't* choose. We're limited to who our insurance providers will let us see and only covered for treatments that they approve.
So really Ami, I appreciate your honesty. Tell me, does your pager make a little "ching-ching" sound when it goes off?
9 comments
Comment from: Keith [Visitor] 
Awesome post. Thanks. I cringe everytime I see her mug pop up on my t.v.
06/24/12 @ 09:06
Comment from: Diane [Visitor]
Health care will not be more available when the health insurancce companies run everything! They are just like the mafia you are offered a "deal" that you cannot refuse! Dr. Ami seems to think that this is just fine. I am sick and tired of those who have their share telling the rest of us that things a just fine! Get busy Dr. Ami and get out there and really make a difference instead of giving cover to the greedy ones who are fine with letting people go without health care and covering their actions under the umbrella of choice!!! Most working people have little to no choice and it is not due to the "Government". Get out of your bubble!!
06/24/12 @ 19:50
Comment from: odessa [Member]
It is a slippery slope. Providing health care is the only profession where every one else seems to think it is a "higher calling" and money should be the last thing on a doctor, nurse, other health care provider's mind. The fact is health care is a business and an occupation. The insurance companies squeeze doctors as well as the subscribers. We can't expect doctors to act like they run a charity, they have families to support, too.
I am really conflicted over the whole "everyone has a right to health care" issue. I've know people that could work and claimed that the world was against them in finding a job. This was when jobs were available. Then I heard the same people complain that they couldn't afford health care. If they actually acted like they wanted a job they would have had a job. It's hard to have sympathy for people that think they should just be taken care of.
On the flip are people who just can not find affordable health insurance for various reasons and their job does not offer it. These people I do feel sorry for.
I am really conflicted over the whole "everyone has a right to health care" issue. I've know people that could work and claimed that the world was against them in finding a job. This was when jobs were available. Then I heard the same people complain that they couldn't afford health care. If they actually acted like they wanted a job they would have had a job. It's hard to have sympathy for people that think they should just be taken care of.
On the flip are people who just can not find affordable health insurance for various reasons and their job does not offer it. These people I do feel sorry for.
06/24/12 @ 22:25
Comment from: Wade [Visitor]
As long as the healthcare industry is a FOR PROFIT business, healthcare is doomed to fail. BCBS, Aetna, Cigna, etc are all making money on the sickly American population. So I ask you, why would they want a HEALTHY America?!
06/25/12 @ 20:44
Comment from: James [Visitor]
Ami lost her credibility with me once I saw who was sponsoring the commercial.
06/27/12 @ 08:05
Comment from: Dean Wolf [Visitor]
Dr. Ami offers no facts on which to base her diagnosis of the health care act. I hope she has more on which to base her other diagnoses -- like "time of death..."
06/27/12 @ 21:50
Comment from: Donna Rich [Visitor]
Sad that this woman is out to mislead the public, remember your oath "first do no harm" the insurance companies price policies out of most people's reach and the GOP is in bed with them to protect their interest not ours! This program benefits more than it hurts, insurance companies have us all by the short hairs!
06/28/12 @ 19:51
Comment from: Todd [Visitor]
Ami Siems commercial just makes me sick. I cannot believe anyone would want her for a doctor after her statement that she is not afraid of patients being denied care, but more afraid of denying care for her patients. This woman works in a white suburb of Oklahoma City, Ok in a small hospital (10 OB beds and 4 Intensive care beds) and three clinic environment. Her commercial illustrates how far behind the times they are when she is pulling and using hard copy paper records in her commercial. How informed can she be, when the environment she is working in is that far behind the times? I work for a large healthcare organization that is welcoming the upcoming changes and is moving to work within the new law to remain competitive and profitable. How come it is only the little guys screaming if it is really that bad, your larger organizations are adapting to this changing environment and see many areas to secure a viable future. My advice to Amy is stop acting like you really care, it is all about the almighty dollar for you and if you can't see this, the only person you are fooling is yourself. I wish the white female Republican organization financing your commercial would wake up and smell the coffee, you are uninformed and your lack of understanding will hurt more people than help them.
07/02/12 @ 09:37
Comment from: Debera Baker [Visitor]
I usually refrain from commenting however I felt the urge on this one. First, not one time, does Dr. Siems ever say she will only take the patients that will pay. For many years doctors have "limited" the number of medicare patients they can except because their business can't stay afloat if they have a high percentage of those patients. Malpractice and liability insurance costs are huge costs for doctors and many come out of medical school with thousands in student loans to pay back. I believe very few doctors go into their chosen profession with making a high salary their main goal and I know that Dr. Siems is NOT one of those doctors. She has been my doctor for the last 16 years and I am fortunate to have a doctor that is as caring and interested in my health as she is. She is just expressing her concerns on the new healthcare laws. That doesn't make her a bad or uncaring doctor.
07/31/12 @ 10:56
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