This alone should kill the ridiculous health care debate. Common sense would tell you that if there are no doctors it will be impossible to give unrationed health care to everybody without increasing costs.
An Investors Business Daily poll of random doctors have uncovered a shocking reality looming on the horizon if Obamacare is passed. According to the poll, 45% would quit! That’s right, piling millions of new patients on already overworked doctors would be the straw that breaks the proverbial camels back. This is in direct contrast with main stream media reports that there is widespread support among medical professionals for Obama’s plan.
Are supporters of this debacle clueless? Is it the Cloward-Piven strategy? Do they realize that this thing can’t work and will make the case for single payer?
Anybody with an IQ over 50 can tell you that this plan is mathematially impossible. So what is the reason? I can only think of one scenario: government takeover of the healthcare system, massive taxes to support it, and…rationing. Even if 45% of doctor’s did not quit, there would still be a shortage.
There are many citizens in this country that may feel like the big boys know what they’re doing and that these kinds of things should be left to our elected representatives in Washington. Well, that kind of thinking always reminds me of what a professor of mine told us about the big boys, those that appear to be successful. You think they’re smarter than you, you think they’re better than you? They’re not, they’re just willing to things you wouldn’t. These clowns in Washington are willing to drive the United States into the ground. The average American would obviously hesitate to do anything that might result in damaging this country on the scale being proposed. These people will. No doubt the reasons go beyond a simple one line answer. 45% will quit. That’s one line you can start with though.
Government control is the goal. They know that this could be disaster but they don’t care as long as they have control.
I can’t see what they think they will control. Are they looking to depopulate?
That could be a possibility, after all aren’t people bad for the environment? But then there will be less tax revenue.
The study says that 45% of doctors would consider quitting or take an early retirement – meaning some are nearing retirement anyway, and others would leave the option open. How many times do people consider doing something and not end up doing it simply because it would cause a major shift in their lifestyle? Not to mention the case study they point to in Massachusetts didn’t include a public option.
Either way, perhaps the real solution is encouraging the education system to turn out more doctors. Or perhaps reducing the ridiculous price of becoming a medical doctor. Regardless of the healthcare system of the future, it is clear more doctors will be needed.
I did pose it as a question Locke. But still, even if no doctors quit, there would still be a shortage. As far as education, I agree, the price is high. At the same time, there can be benefits to high prices. Another conversation though.
This is also a great concern at VA Hospitals. It is feared that the doctors will go back to private practice. Recently, doctors in private practice (specialty fields) have turn away veterans because they don’t trust the VA to pay them.
It dont take a rocket scientist to figure out that with out doctors there will be no healthcare as we know it.
I think the plan is to do away with private practice all together. Then they’ll fund substandard “doctor mills” and churn out unqualified practioners for their health care plan. Not to mention they’ve already floated the idea of having nurses and physicians assistants doing some of the work that doctors do now. It all adds up to lower quality care.