"10 Things I Hate About Health-Care Reform."

By Arthur M. Feldman — "a cardiologist and the administrator of a large practice that includes general internists and specialists" — who agrees with the basic idea that reform is needed:

1. Private insurance companies escape real regulation....

2. We urgently need tort reform, but it's nowhere to be seen....

3. "Prevention" won't magically make costs go down....

4. Reform efforts don't address our critical shortage of health-care workers....

5. We need more primary-care physicians -- but we also need specialists....

6. We have to streamline drug development and shake up the Food and Drug Administration....

7. We can't fund health-care reform by cutting payments to doctors....

8. We can't forget about research....

9. Cutting reimbursements could shut some hospitals down....

10. We need to improve the quality of care....