Posted on 09/17/2009 12:34:23 PM PDT by Admiral_Zeon
Two of every three practicing physicians oppose the medical overhaul plan under consideration in Washington, and hundreds of thousands would think about shutting down their practices or retiring early if it were adopted, a new IBD/TIPP Poll has found.
The poll contradicts the claims of not only the White House, but also doctors' own lobby — the powerful American Medical Association — both of which suggest the medical profession is behind the proposed overhaul.
It also calls into question whether an overhaul is even doable; 72% of the doctors polled disagree with the administration's claim that the government can cover 47 million more people with better-quality care at lower cost.
The IBD/TIPP Poll was conducted by mail the past two weeks, with 1,376 practicing physicians chosen randomly throughout the country taking part. Responses are still coming in, and doctors' positions on related topics — including the impact of an overhaul on senior care, medical school applications and drug development — will be covered later in this series.
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Dead wrong about what?
Look, if the system was doing so well, there wouldn’t be talk about change, and that is not the case. The debate is in what to change and to what extent. Is the coming change going to be good, probably not, but come on, 50% attrition? Get a grip! And even if there is, quite frankly, I have gotten better information and care from those Indians and Pakistanis than from the American ones anyway. I’ll just pray the one I see is not the bomb-toting-terrorist... lol
Lots of folks on this board have been saying for years, the gov debt is no problem, massive imports are no problem, and sending jobs overseas is no problem. Hey, lets take this to the logical conclusion and complete the globalization of our once great country and become just like the rest of the world, socialism and all (like we weren’t already). Why hold back now?
Ditto with my doctor. He's in his 50s and he says it won't be worth the hassle anymore if he can't make any money at it.
My boss at work has a doctor who was engaged to a French doctor. He says the doctor can't make any money in France so, on the weekends, he drives to Italy and does freelance medicine on Italian patients in order to make ends meet.
“Out of 800,000 practicing doctors, about 25% of them are past the age of retirement.”
So basically, the dems are accelerating a problem that was going to happen anyway. That’s an interesting statistic.
Or become "consultants" to the red-tape industry.
Nice try, troll.
I wonder what countries would offer anything not already socialized?
And those new docs that will eventually begin to practice? Under Obamalamacare, their specialties and numbers will be chosen by central planners. Here’s hoping you don’t need a Neurosurgeon or Open Heart Surgery in the 5-6 yrs after the central planners goof that supply.
Oops. No Surgery for YOU.
Where have you read that?
“Your logic is faulty. “
That may be, but is sure sounds like a system tittering on the edge to me.
“So basically, the dems are accelerating a problem that was going to happen anyway. That’s an interesting statistic.”
It’s not quite that simple. Most doctors I know are fairly frugal and save as much as they can to retire. By age 55, they have their nest egg put away but find that it is difficult to leave their practice. Most of their friends are there. Frequently they will work as long as they are physically and mentally able. Not because they need to work but because they like to work.
If you Obama wants to make the doctors the enemy, screw with reimbursement and increase already heavy patient loads, there are many docs that are in the position to say screw it and walk away.
Replacement doctors numbers have been calculated based on estimated need and estimated physician retirement age. If you increase demand by making it free and ecourage physicians to retire combined with the aging demographics.....
I know a doc who retired early several years ago over the pay rate in an HMO.
I’m afraid we’ll lose a bunch of them if this goes through.
I worked for health insurance companies for many years. Yes, physicians worked regular hours, had no emergencies, and no administrative hassles to deal with.
Some docs become expert witnesses in various legal cases, commanding large fees for little actual work.
So yes, many doctors are doing or will do a lot less but still keep their lifestyles pretty much up to par. Most of the internists, and especially specialists, I know (and respect) here in Los Angeles are doing extremely well financially and love their work, but would bail in a second if this Obama nightmare comes to pass.
How exactly is Zero going to force doctors to stay in practice? If he tries fines/penalties, I think we will see a lot of ‘disability’ retirements taking place.
oh the irony!!
Yep, you know how annoying it is when you can’t understand the person taking your order at the fast food drive thru.....wait till you get your 5 mins with the foreign doctor that just replaced your doctor and you can’t understand a word they say!
And they will need to see more patients at less pay.
Their time of raking in the money at the feeding trough is coming to an end.
It will never happen as obamma is a lawyer and understands their need for money, lots of it.
he will bring in his own brand of Doctors to shake rattles and chant over patients....
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