Is Obamacare Pushing Private Practice Doctors Over The Cliff? (ethics, premium, death)

[DR.X]

Obama: "the best has yet to come"....

Is Obamacare Pushing Private Practice Doctors Over The Cliff? 83% Surveyed Say They Are Thinking of Quitting!

KEY FINDINGS

90% say the medical system is on the WRONG TRACK
83% say they are thinking about QUITTING
61% say the system challenges their ETHICS
85% say the patient-physician relationship is in a TAILSPIN
65% say GOVERNMENT INVOLVEMENT is most to blame for current problems
72% say individual insurance mandate will NOT result in improved access care
49% say they will STOP accepting Medicaid patients
74% say they will STOP ACCEPTING Medicare patients, or leave Medicare completely
52% say they would rather treat some Medicaid/Medicare patient for FREE
57% give the AMA a FAILING GRADE representing them
1 out of 3 doctors is HESITANT to voice their opinion
2 out of 3 say they are JUST SQUEAKING BY OR IN THE RED financially
95% say private practice is losing out to CORPORATE MEDICINE
80% say DOCTORS/MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS are most likely to help solve things
70% say REDUCING GOVERNMENT would be single best fix.

DPMA Foundation : Physician Attitudes on Medicine - National Survey

[softblueyz]

When you think of the financial cost to become a doctor and the time spent interning, the cost of medical malpractice insurance, doctors will become a dying breed.

There already is a shortage of doctors and the numbers will continue to grow. If people already have to wait (6!!!) months for an appointment, what can we expect in the future?

Nationwide, there is a shortage of more than 13,000 doctors, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges

That shortfall is expected to grow 10-fold to 130,000 doctors within 12 years as the U.S. population ages and 30 million more people are added to insurance rolls under the 2010 health-care law, the medical college association said.

Six Month Wait for a Doctor in Las Vegas Presages U.S. Crisis - Businessweek

[DR.X]

There already is a shortage of doctors and the numbers will continue to grow. If people already have to wait (6!!!) months for an appointment, what can we expect in the future?

Welcome to socialized medicine!!!

[softblueyz]

Originally Posted by DR.X

Welcome to socialized medicine!!!

I refrained from saying that.

[HappyTexan]

Hey..go to areas with a high number of seniors and listen to their stories.
Or go over to the retirement forum and read some posts.

Some seniors are not moving because they cannot find primary care doctors who will accept medicare.

Those with enough money are buying into concierge systems so they can get care.

[DR.X]

Hey..go to areas with a high number of seniors and listen to their stories.
Or go over to the retirement forum and read some posts.

Some seniors are not moving because they cannot find primary care doctors who will accept medicare.

Don't worry...Obama "the best has yet to come"...

[Ivorytickler]

This is why my dd wants to move to Austrialia when she gets her medical license. She's been investigating the quality of life for doctors in different countries. So far, Austrailia seems to be ahead. She ruled out Canada right away. I knew she would. My doctor and her husband moved from Canada because they could earn a better living here. Now I think that is going away.

[wjtwet]

We get what the majority wanted , less care , quicker death voted in by a panel,
Less doctors , and higher premiums. All hail Obama

[PullMyFinger]

Originally Posted by DR.X

Obama: "the best has yet to come"....

Is Obamacare Pushing Private Practice Doctors Over The Cliff? 83% Surveyed Say They Are Thinking of Quitting!

KEY FINDINGS

90% say the medical system is on the WRONG TRACK
83% say they are thinking about QUITTING
61% say the system challenges their ETHICS
85% say the patient-physician relationship is in a TAILSPIN
65% say GOVERNMENT INVOLVEMENT is most to blame for current problems
72% say individual insurance mandate will NOT result in improved access care
49% say they will STOP accepting Medicaid patients
74% say they will STOP ACCEPTING Medicare patients, or leave Medicare completely
52% say they would rather treat some Medicaid/Medicare patient for FREE
57% give the AMA a FAILING GRADE representing them
1 out of 3 doctors is HESITANT to voice their opinion
2 out of 3 say they are JUST SQUEAKING BY OR IN THE RED financially
95% say private practice is losing out to CORPORATE MEDICINE
80% say DOCTORS/MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS are most likely to help solve things
70% say REDUCING GOVERNMENT would be single best fix.

DPMA Foundation : Physician Attitudes on Medicine - National Survey

People just hate change, Dr's are no different.

[Ivorytickler]

Originally Posted by wjtwet

We get what the majority wanted , less care , quicker death voted in by a panel,
Less doctors , and higher premiums. All hail Obama

That people voted for death panels scares the heck out of me. Just get the old out of the way. We don't need them. They have no value to us.

What do you expect from the pro abortion crowd. The only life that matters to them is theirs. I'm just surprised they can't see that one day they will be old and the panel will be deciding if they get care in order to live or are left to die. Maybe they think they're going to find the fountain of youth and never face the panel they just voted for.

My doctor and I should decide my care not some panel.