TNSTAAFL...NYT believes that there are piles of medical goods and services just lying around and the only problem we have is redistributing it efficiently.
Still way too many doctors out there who don’t understand that they can no longer expect to live a politician’s lifestyle.
Oh, how I wish I were a trial lawyer specializing in medical malpractice. They are going to seriously overload the courts.
This what this was really about from the beginning. Medicaid expansion as a vector to single-payer after the screaming started about the rest of this fiasco.
TNSTAAFL... Any profession governed by licensure can be controlled.
Far more on Medicaid and far fewer doctors accepting Medicaid, what could possibly go wrong??
What is the expectation of those on Medicaid? Do they think they will now have access to Rodeo Drive doctors?
In a few short years, that will be all of us. Oh, and hope and pray your assigned doctor isn't a Muslim jihadi with a diploma from some 3rd world medical program and he speaks English you can understand. Then hope the bribe you have to give him is adequate...
In my opinion, this is all part of a brilliant plan. There already is a doctor shortage without medicare, and there have not been enough medicare doctors up to this point. Any senior can tell you the wait to see a specialist is terrible. Why would any doctor want to treat patients who pay less over someone willing to pay a premium. You cant blame them. Nobody enters a profession to give it away. Especially a doctor which requires a lot of time and money before you even start to see the fruits of your labor. Lets push medicare alittle further where choices will have to be made who deserves the treatment the most. Dare I say death panels?? That’s one way to get rid of the boomers who will be sucking up the social security funds.
This article also needs to point out that Buckwheat has illegally stolen $460 billion from Medicare, paid for by people who contributed via their paychecks, and the Mau-Mau spear-chucker intends to give that money to black slobs, and their fatherless offspring, who never worked a day in their lives.
This is racist reparations in full view for anyone who cares to look.
Obama will just have to dictate that doctors can’t turn down Medicaid patients. It’s a stroke of the pen, law of the land sort of deal. The same will go for all hospitals. The Democrat fascists can always legislate additional healthcare taxes to for the treatment of Medicaid recipients, or maybe they could start something like a food stamp program for doctors, along with prizes and bonuses for the meeting quotas.