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Obama's Health Care Vietnam
American Thinker ^ | September 15, 2014 | Douglas A. Perednia, M.D.

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 you’ll 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 doctor’s 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 drug’s generic status and the fact that it’s been in use in some form since 1785, the patient’s 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.

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Society
KEYWORDS: americanhealthcare; barackobama

1 posted on 09/16/2014 2:39:03 PM PDT by right-wing agnostic
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To: right-wing agnostic

If only doctors, nurses and staffs could return the favor to attorneys and their spawn, politicians and HHS administrators.


2 posted on 09/16/2014 3:20:58 PM PDT by Jacquerie (Article V. If not now, when?)
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To: right-wing agnostic
While I despise the so called ACA, and any government involvement whatsoever, this may have a silver lining. CBS (yea, I know...) reports that over 70% on Americans are on some sort of prescription. Really?!? Doctors over-medicate and over-operate, IMHO. And Americans are fat, out of shape, and lazy, wanting a pill to absolve them of all personal responsibility. IMHO.

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3 posted on 09/16/2014 3:32:15 PM PDT by jimmyray
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To: Jacquerie

Granted, many people need medicine. But many more DON’t!


4 posted on 09/16/2014 3:33:13 PM PDT by jimmyray
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To: jimmyray

The only “silver lining” would be if Pelosi, Reid, Obama, their families, etc... would also be stuck with Obamacare.


5 posted on 09/16/2014 3:54:23 PM PDT by Rides_A_Red_Horse (Why do you need a fire extinguisher when you can call the fire department?)
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