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July 10, 2012
83 percent of doctors have considered quitting over Obamacare
83 percent of doctors have considered quitting over Obamacare
Eighty-three percent of American physicians have considered leaving their practices over President Barack Obama’s health care reform law, according to a survey released by the Doctor Patient Medical Association.
The DPMA, a non-partisan association of doctors and patients, surveyed a random selection of 699 doctors nationwide. The survey found that the majority have thought about bailing out of their careers over the legislation, which was upheld last month by the Supreme Court.
Even if doctors do not quit their jobs over the ruling, America will face a shortage of at least 90,000 doctors by 2020. The new health care law increases demand for physicians by expanding insurance coverage. This change will exacerbate the current shortage as more Americans live past 65.
By 2025 the shortage will balloon to over 130,000, Len Marquez, the director of government relations at the American Association of Medical Colleges, told The Daily Caller.
“One of our primary concerns is that you’ve got an aging physician workforce and you have these new beneficiaries — these newly insured people — coming through the system,” he said. “There will be strains and there will be physician shortages.”
Wild Thing's comment..............
What a horrible nightmare this is going to be. Damn that Justice Roberts for what he did! Obamacare is NOT Constitutional and he knows it.
Posted by Wild Thing at July 10, 2012 02:55 AM
Comments
I think some doctors will just go into private practice and only take patients with private healthcare insurance. It'll be like when I was in England 30 years ago.
See you all in a couple of weeks. Leaving today for vacation.
Posted by: BobF at July 10, 2012 07:40 AM
One of the biggest lies in American history; barack obama in 2008 on the campaign trail, "under my health plan every American will have exactly the same health care I have".
BobF have a good vacation. Stay out of jail.
Posted by: TomR, armed in Texas at July 10, 2012 05:49 PM
...look at it this way- the snobs tell us that as Americans, we are to lazy to learn other languages. With Ubamacare causing American Docs to flee , thereby forcing us to rely on Doctors brought in from 'other countries" we will need to be fluent in 79 languages in order to tell the Doc where it hurts....
Posted by: Willy at July 10, 2012 10:09 PM
...look at it this way- the snobs tell us that as Americans, we are to lazy to learn other languages. With Ubamacare causing American Docs to flee , thereby forcing us to rely on Doctors brought in from 'other countries" we will need to be fluent in 79 languages in order to tell the Doc where it hurts....
Posted by: Willy at July 10, 2012 10:09 PM
I sure do appreciate all of your input, thank you so much.
Posted by: Wild Thing at July 11, 2012 03:40 AM
