# David Scheiner

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{{short description|American physician and activist}}
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| birth_name        = David Lawrence Scheiner
| birth_date        = 1938
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| citizenship       = [US](/source/US)
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| fields            = [Internal medicine](/source/Internal_medicine)
| workplaces        = [Physicians for a National Health Program](/source/Physicians_for_a_National_Health_Program)<br>[HydePark Associates](/source/Hyde_Park_(Chicago))<br>[University of Chicago Hospitals](/source/University_of_Chicago_Hospitals)<br>[Rush University Medical Center](/source/Rush_University_Medical_Center)
| alma_mater        = [Princeton University](/source/Princeton_University)<br>[Columbia University](/source/Columbia_University)
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| known_for         = Advocacy for [single-payer health care](/source/single-payer_health_care)
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'''David Scheiner''' (born 1938) is an American [physician](/source/physician) and activist, noted for his efforts in advocating for [single-payer health care](/source/single-payer_health_care) in the [United States](/source/United_States). He was [United States](/source/United_States) [President](/source/President_of_the_United_States) [Barack Obama](/source/Barack_Obama)'s personal physician from 1987 till 2008 while he was based in [Chicago](/source/Chicago), and is a leading member of [Physicians for a National Health Program](/source/Physicians_for_a_National_Health_Program) (PNHP).<ref name="latimes1">{{cite news |url=http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-obama-doctor29-2009jul29,0,2521586.story |title=Obama's longtime doctor says healthcare reform plan falls short |first=Mike |last=Dorning |newspaper=[Los Angeles Times](/source/Los_Angeles_Times) |date=2009-07-29 |accessdate=2009-08-16}}</ref>

==Education and practice==
Scheiner graduated from [Princeton University](/source/Princeton_University) and gained his [M.D.](/source/Doctor_of_Medicine) degree from [Columbia University](/source/Columbia_University)'s [College of Physicians and Surgeons](/source/Columbia_University_College_of_Physicians_and_Surgeons), subsequent to which he practiced [internal medicine](/source/internal_medicine) in Chicago for over 40 years with Hyde Park Associates, where his partner was [Quentin Young](/source/Quentin_Young), who had been personal physician to [Martin Luther King Jr.](/source/Martin_Luther_King_Jr.) and has also similarly been instrumental in advocating single-payer health care, despite lack of qualifications in healthcare economics.<ref name="forbes">{{cite news |url=https://www.forbes.com/2009/06/18/obama-doctor-knocks-obamacare-business-healthcare-obamas-doctor.html |title=Obama's Doctor Knocks ObamaCare |first=David |last=Whelan |work=[Forbes](/source/Forbes) |date=2009-06-18 |accessdate=2009-08-16}}</ref> He practiced in [Hyde Park](/source/Hyde_Park%2C_Chicago) and worked for [University of Chicago Hospitals](/source/University_of_Chicago_Hospitals) and [Rush University Medical Center](/source/Rush_University_Medical_Center).<ref name="forbes"/><ref name="time">{{cite magazine |first=Mark |last=Halperin |url=http://thepage.time.com/letter-from-obamas-doctor/ |title=The Page: Letter From Obama's Doctor |magazine=[Time](/source/Time_(magazine)) |accessdate=2009-08-16 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090625004321/http://thepage.time.com/letter-from-obamas-doctor/ |archivedate=June 25, 2009 }}</ref>  He retired in 2014.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/January-2017/Cancer-David-Scheiner/ |title=My Last Patient |first=David |last=Seheiner |date=December 15, 2016 |magazine=[Chicago](/source/Chicago_(magazine))}}</ref>

==Advocacy for health care==
Scheiner has been a leading advocate of the single-payer health care system since its beginnings, along with his partner and good friend Quentin Young.<ref name="forbes"/> In August 2009, Scheiner appeared on numerous television and media outlets, including [CNN](/source/CNN)'s ''[Larry King Live](/source/Larry_King_Live)'', hosted by [Wolf Blitzer](/source/Wolf_Blitzer), and [HBO](/source/HBO)'s ''[Real Time with Bill Maher](/source/Real_Time_with_Bill_Maher)'', hosted by [Bill Maher](/source/Bill_Maher), appearing as a proponent of a single-payer government health system, in view of the recent debate surrounding [U.S. health care reforms](/source/Health_care_reform_in_the_United_States) proposed by President Obama, whose health care plans he termed as being too "timid".<ref name="latimes1"/><ref name="huffington1">{{cite news |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/29/obamas-doctor-presidents_n_246870.html |title=Obama's Doctor: President's Vision For Health Care Bound To Fail |work=[Huffington Post](/source/Huffington_Post) |date=2009-07-29 |accessdate=2009-08-16 |first=Sam |last=Stein}}</ref><ref name="rp">{{cite news |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/07/30/obama.doctor/index.html |title=Obama's former doctor critical of White House health care plan |work=[CNN](/source/CNN) |date=2009-07-30 |accessdate=2009-08-19}}</ref> During his appearance on ''Larry King Live'' on August 11, 2009, when he headlined that day's episode, he discussed the issue with Blitzer and other commentators, including former [Republican Party](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States)) presidential candidate [Ron Paul](/source/Ron_Paul) and [Dean Ornish](/source/Dean_Ornish), stating how [health insurance](/source/health_insurance) companies had interfered in the treatment of several of his patients and advocating usage of the single-payer system.<ref name="transcript">{{cite news |url=http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0908/11/lkl.01.html |title=President Obama's Former Physician Wants More Sweeping Health Care Reform; Remembering Eunice Kennedy Shriver; John Hughes Remembered |website=[CNN](/source/CNN) |series=[Larry King Live](/source/Larry_King_Live) |date=2009-08-11 |accessdate=2009-08-16}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.pnhp.org/ Physicians for a National Health Program official website]

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