Democrat calls for law to require all doctors to treat Medicaid& Medicare patients... (government, support)
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Remember Obama's proclamation that 'There comes a time in your life when you've made enough money'?
Another busybody Democrat trying to tell others how to practice medicine. Absolutely absurd.
I don't blame any physician who refuses to take or won't take any more Medicaid or Medicare patients; they'll go bankrupt if they do.
Economics 101 personifed; too bad that the overwhelming majority of liberal elites flunked Economics 101 at their local JC.
Certainly they can take both medicare and non medicare patients and not go broke. They can also add those excess charges to the medicare patients if their state allows them to. I know doctors who take both and they are doing well financially.
Not at all, just a better argument in favor of a single payer system. The current system is just too onerous and costly. Too many artificial barriers to entry, to many burdens and costs to the individual.
Those 'Euro' docs do a pretty good job keep their patients alive:
For life expectancy the US is 33rd behind:
Switzerland
Italy
Iceland
Spain
Monaco
France
Sweden
Luxemborgue
Norway
Cyprus
Netherlands
Greece
Austria
Greece
Ireland
Finland
Germany
UK
Belgium
Malta
Portugal
Denmark...
This has nothing to do with their doctors vs our doctors. It has to do with definitions behind statistics, genetics, and lifestyle.
Certainly they can take both medicare and non medicare patients and not go broke. They can also add those excess charges to the medicare patients if their state allows them to. I know doctors who take both and they are doing well financially.
I specifically chose my primary physician because he doesn't take medicaid patients.
I will not sit in a waiting room with a bunch of people who live like they're in a third world nation....who knows what kind of diseases they carry.
...but it'll be administered by the people who brought you Obamacare.
Yep, and it won't be every bit as inefficient as the Ukraine or Argentina. No sir, it will be as pure, efficient and corruption-free like in Germany or Norway.
Another Swingblade lesson in action - re action. Medicaid/Medicare Patient calls doctor because he has the flu receptionist says she has a opening in 3 weeks. The doctor is in compliance with the law because he was willing to see patient. Case in point 2, Medicaid/Medicare patient is in office and it is found out. The receptionist lets them sit for long time waiting and then tells them she has to reschedule because of a Dr emergency. The Dr is still in compliance with the law.
It makes me sick on how those on the left are such petty tyrants and their good ideas have to be by force. Anyone supporting this measure and capping Dr's pay and say they believe in freedom is a hypocrite.
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