Physician: Check
Practiced medicine both before and after the advent of Medicare: Check
Provided primary care to patients who had lost their health insurance: Check
Professionally and personally acquainted with our local Republican member of Congress (also a physician), and thus uniquely positioned to effectively knock down said Congressman's anti-health care reform, pro-corporate talking points: Check!
There's no way for me to adequately sum up the good doctor's words, so follow me over the fold and I'll let him speak for himself: