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Two of every three practicing physicians oppose the medical overhaul plan under consideration in Washington, and hundreds of thousands would think about shutting down their practices or retiring early if it were adopted, a new IBD/TIPP Poll has found.
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• Two-thirds, or 65%, of doctors say they oppose the proposed government expansion plan. This contradicts the administration's claims that doctors are part of an "unprecedented coalition" supporting a medical overhaul.
So much for the phony rhetoric that doctors are on his side. Geez, how many more lies is the man going to be caught telling?
Most doctors — 63 percent — say they favor giving patients a choice that would include both public and private insurance. That's the position of President Obama and of many congressional Democrats. In addition, another 10 percent of doctors say they favor a public option only; they'd like to see a single-payer health care system. Together, the two groups add up to 73 percent.
The survey was sponsored by Investors.com(IBD) who in a recent editorial ...
"criticized Barack Obama's healthcare plans, claimed that Stephen Hawking "wouldn't have a chance in the U.K., where the National Health Service would say the life of this brilliant man, because of his physical handicaps, is essentially worthless." As Hawking was born and has always lived in the United Kingdom, and receives his medical care from the British National Health Service, the editorial was widely criticized for its inaccuracy. The online version of the editorial was later corrected to remove the argument. Hawking responded to the editorial by saying: "I wouldn't be here today if it were not for the NHS... I have received a large amount of high-quality treatment without which I would not have survived.""
Why would 45% of doctor's give up their livelihood? It is not a government takeover. It is a change to the health insurance industry that would add a public insurance option.
They'd consider it all right, for about 10 minutes. What are they going to do, work at McDonald's?
Exactly. Anyway, I think more than that "consider" quitting medical school or residency before they're done, but of course, the vast majority don't do it.
Lord knows how hard it is to become a doctor. No, I'm not suggesting making exams and classes more "lax" but I know it is not uncommon for medical students to not get a residency for years. If the government really wants to improve healthcare, there should be an effort to properly train more doctors.
The final sample included 5157 physicians, but 221 of them had an incorrect or incomplete address or were deceased. Of the remaining 4936 physicians, 2130 returned the survey — a response rate of 43.2%. Women made up a smaller proportion of respondents than of nonrespondents (26.8% vs. 31.2%, P<0.001), and the average age of respondents was 1 year older than that of nonrespondents. There were no significant differences associated with practice location (census division or urban vs. rural setting), practice type, or specialty group. There were no significant differences in the characteristics of respondents to different survey waves (for details, see the Supplementary Appendix). Doctors on Coverage — Physicians’ Views on a New Public Insurance Option and Medicare Expansion | Health Care Reform 2009
They counted 2130 doctors nation wide and said a majority supports the public option.
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ooo...we should let the College's know ASAP!!
