Posted on 09/16/2014 2:39:03 PM PDT by right-wing agnostic
Talk to the average physician about trying to care for patients in the United States today, and youll hear exactly the same sorts of sentiments as those expressed by American soldiers faced with the task of winning the war in Vietnam some fifty years ago. For those on the front line of fighting illness, it is apparent that the Democrats' war on American medicine is not a path to cheap quality care, but a quagmire of rules and complexity that can make even the most basic care difficult to deliver. Now that ObamaCare has directly or indirectly wormed its way into every aspect of care and payment, many patients are beginning to feel the pain as well.
Examples are as close as your nearest clinic or doctors office, where medical experts with decades of training are now routinely required to obtain insurance approval for even the most basic tests, procedures, and medications. A cardiologist tries to prescribe a refill of digoxin for a patient with an irregular heartbeat. Despite the drugs generic status and the fact that its been in use in some form since 1785, the patients insurance company insisted that he fill out a three-page form justifying his request. His written reply: ARE YOU KIDDING ME? An endocrinologist colleague of mine, an expert on the diagnosis and treatment of hormone-related disorders, reports that she can no longer prescribe testosterone for anyone without completing stacks of Mother may I paperwork and sending them off to insurance company functionaries none of whom are doctors for approval.
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If only doctors, nurses and staffs could return the favor to attorneys and their spawn, politicians and HHS administrators.
Granted, many people need medicine. But many more DON’t!
The only “silver lining” would be if Pelosi, Reid, Obama, their families, etc... would also be stuck with Obamacare.
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