if there is government control of our medical system, dr. weiss won't be able to practice the way he's practicing, because all the things i mentioned will no longer have the flexibility that he has now and medical liability will increase. it will be a tinderbox and no one is looking at that aspect, because it is the freedom of the doctors to practice sound medicine. it is one of the big things that cuts malpractice, and that goes away once the government tells people how to practice medicine. civil justice reform is spoken about by the president about others and they talk about medical malpractice. i just shared this with all of you, particularly media here. torque law, which has been my life. i wrote the basic book. it's like a child's kaleidoscope. you switch one part of it and the whole thing changes. if you limit liability for doctors and don't do the same thing for pharmaceuticals, all the liability shifts and the congress is not going to be ready to assist pharmaceutical companies that way the last time i looked. i think another key point is

healing, can go to a long way to reduce the likelihood of lawsuits, but a government takes over dr. weiss cannot do and cannot practice medicine the way he does today. his flexibility with patience is gone. meaningful reforms have been an active at the state level and they should not be interfered wet. the federal government can help in some ways, but we have to watch very carefully about myths like standard practices that will engulf us all of something totally illusory. thank you for your time. [applause] >> thank you, victor. kathryn serkes, the association of american physicians and surgeons. in. >> thank you, grover. i'm going to talk about three things today. number one is doctors and the hassle factor that is going on. and number two is what is going on with organized medicine as response to health care reform proposals and number three most of primly, the impact this has on patients. the first thing is i want to ask -- i don't see a lot of medicare eligible faces. i may see a couple, but most of you, have any of you heard your parents or grandparents say i'm having trouble seeing