[sodpoodle]

IIRC in the UK - if you can find a private doctor and pay for services you can get any medical care you need.

Will this still be true if the socialized medicine bill is passed? Or will physicians be forced to become federal employees? i.e. they already have to obtain FDA approval/licenses in order to practice medicine. One more paper credential will not be noticed.

[armydoc]

they already have to obtain FDA approval/licenses in order to practice medicine.

Currently, medical licensure is at the state level; the feds only require registration for narcotic prescriptions. I would guess that the zero administration is looking at ways to change that. Require a "Federal Medical License", contingent on participating in the Public Option.