witchdoctors, and open doors to the Obama-Organ-Transplantation Unit.
Posted on 10/13/2009 1:04:44 PM PDT by MaxCUA
A respected medical specialist has carefully reviewed the healthcare reform bill in the U.S. House, and he declares that it would amount to a virtual "draft" of doctors into the government's "public option" health insurance program.
Dr. Russell Blaylock, a renowned neurosurgeon, book author and editor of the Blaylock Wellness Report published by Newsmax, also warns that "death panels" could lead to the rationing of medical care to the elderly and a "violation of the Hippocratic Oath."
I just saw the article she posted. She knows what will happen if this crap passes. It is up to all of us to make sure this bill does NOT pass. Also, did you see the wonderful birthday wish she left for Margaret Thatcher, I thought that was really sweet of her to do
It gets worse and worse.
I don’t know why people are in such denial about health care rationing. After years of running up the credit card and living beyond our means the system is going to fail.
She’s right about this. After the voluntary docs retire en masse, the gmen will setup medical school as the service academies - no cost in exchange for length of service commitments.
Well these will be the first draft dodgers I will support. Gotta love the hippies, Federal draft for thee, but not for me - its for the children or some such rot.
How it will work is that in exchange for Federal Student Loans for Med School, you agree to go for a period of two years to wherever the government tells you to go. In essence it’s like joining the military, but without the boot camp.
Re: “How it will work is that in exchange for Federal Student Loans for Med School, you agree to go for a period of two years to wherever the government tells you to go. In essence it’s like joining the military, but without the boot camp.”
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Could be. A friend of mine went to college in late sixties with most expenses paid in exchange for agreeing to serve four nears in the Navy as a nurse. She did it, and ended up loving it as she did basic training (ha) in R.I., then was based near Norfolk, VA for two years (lived in a lovely area of Portsmouth), and the second two years was overseas. She was given a few choices. She chose Taiwan but had to take her second choice - Spain! Rough duty (not). This was still the Vietnam era — but she never saw anyone wounded!
While in Spain she traveled all over Europe and the middle east and had one big old grand time.
With doctors here it will be different though — not so palatable — they won’t be sent to foreign ports — they could be assigned wherever the gub’mint decides the need is greatest — say, uh, a bad section of Detroit, or New Orleans or some other part of the country deemed to be ‘in need.’
Students will probably say thanks, but no thanks to medical careers. What doctor wants to be told where to practice and what specialty and be paid via govt. salary scales? And specialists? There will be fewer specialists — the big need is thought to be in the GP/internist area —
You can’t force people to be smart.
Some doctors may retire, but the vast majority will not. Doctors are going to make money regardless of the fraudulent new law. MAybe not as much, but they’ll make money. And Hussein can always IMPORT doctors from various 3rd world countries.
What will happen here is the same thing that Canada has been experiencing for years in their “Utopian” health care system. The shortage of doctors has been so great that most of the new docs are foreingers with questionable training and minimal english language skills.
Carter tried that back in the 70s. It didn’t work. Too few doctors, too much school costs, and too long of a payback. Now that the Doctor’s income is basically capped, no-one will really want to spend 8 years beyond undergrad to become one. Further, with the constant tinkering by idiot Senators/Congressmen you cannot plan a future in the industry. I see a big industry in medical tourism.
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