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Even AP Now Says Not Enough Docs to Serve Obamacare
Publius Forum ^ | 09/16/09 | Warner Todd Huston

Posted on 09/16/2009 9:16:07 AM PDT by Mobile Vulgus

This is a pretty stunning admission, but now even the left-wing Associated Press is admitting that if Obamacare gets passed there will be a major doctor shortage that won't soon be resolved because of the crush of new patients.

The AP posted a piece Sunday that warns that Obamacare will make worse the national shortage of primary care physicians using experience of RomneyCare in Massachusetts as a cautionary example.

As Massachusetts' experience shows, extending health care to 50 million uninsured Americans will only further stress the system and could force many of those newly insured back into costly emergency rooms for routine care if they can't find a primary care doctor, health care observers said.
Naturally the AP gives Obama cover by reporting the many times he's said how much he cares about primary care physicians. But the fact is that there will be a massive shortage of these doctors once Obamacare is passed.

Read the rest at Publiusforum.com...


TOPICS: Government; Health/Medicine; Local News; Politics
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Even as they try to cover for Obama, the AP slipped in a small bit of truth for a change.
1 posted on 09/16/2009 9:16:08 AM PDT by Mobile Vulgus
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To: Mobile Vulgus

He won’t give up, he can’t accept reality. His ego and his malignant narcissism won’t allow for that. He’s going to have a total meltdown, and take everyone with him.


2 posted on 09/16/2009 9:18:04 AM PDT by mrmeyer ("When brute force is on the march, compromise is the red carpet." Ayn Rand)
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To: Mobile Vulgus

That’s OK. They will get ACORN staff to fix you up


3 posted on 09/16/2009 9:18:14 AM PDT by SMARTY ("Stay together, pay the soldiers and forget everything else" Lucius Septimus Severus)
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To: Mobile Vulgus

Can’t repeal the law of supply and demand.


4 posted on 09/16/2009 9:18:32 AM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist ("It (Gov't) can't make you happier, healthier, wealthier, and wise" - Sarah Palin 07/26)
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To: Mobile Vulgus

It’s not about “care”....It’s about establishing another “kitty” like SS, Medicare, Medicaid....AND PAYMENT WILL COME FROM YOUYR PAYCHECK....JUST LIKE THE OTHER KITTYS...


5 posted on 09/16/2009 9:19:26 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Mobile Vulgus

I know an Eagle Scout that planned to be a doctor. By the time he made it to college, he’d changed his mind and he studied law.

Why?

His dad was a medical doctor that left his practice to become a veterinarian. The reason? The increasing costs for malpractice insurance.


6 posted on 09/16/2009 9:21:53 AM PDT by OldNavyVet
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To: Mobile Vulgus

It’s not about medical care, it’s about CONTROL.


7 posted on 09/16/2009 9:24:24 AM PDT by SamiGirl
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To: Mobile Vulgus
I'm already stuck with a GP I can't communicate with. Maybe they will hire translators for the doctors offices.

My doctor seems to know his stuff, but I'm never sure he understands what I am saying.

8 posted on 09/16/2009 9:26:16 AM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (THE SECOND AMENDMENT, A MATTER OF FACT, NOT A MATTER OF OPINION)
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To: Mobile Vulgus

Well, there was a thread on here a while ago that said 45% of doctors plan on quitting or retiring if Obamacare passes.

Things would be a nightmare.


9 posted on 09/16/2009 9:27:06 AM PDT by dforest (Who is the real Jim Thompson? I am.)
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To: indylindy
There will be more health coverage and there will be less health care.

There are perhaps 10 million Americans who are not well served by the current system. Obama's plan will result in 300 million Americans being not well served by the new system.

10 posted on 09/16/2009 9:31:10 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Play the Race Card -- lose the game.)
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To: Mobile Vulgus

Let them try to shove this down our throats. They will endure a bloodbath at the polls next year.


11 posted on 09/16/2009 9:33:48 AM PDT by ScottinVA (This Revolution will be peaceful if possible; other than peaceful if necessary.)
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To: Mobile Vulgus
As Massachusetts' experience shows, extending health care to 50 million uninsured Americans

Whoa! Now there's FIFTY MILLION uninsured? If ZeroCare gets passed, it will be 300 million uninsured.

12 posted on 09/16/2009 9:36:20 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (Joe Wilson speaks for me.)
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