There were doctor groups that opposed the bill?
Coulda fooled me!
When the **** hits the fan the AMA better keep its mouth shut and it should not be surprised it caught something sleeping with the Democrats.
Most of the problems with the current health care system are attributable to government fixes.
NYTs Doctors’ Group Opposes Public Insurance Plan Published: June 10, 2009 WASHINGTON — As the health care debate heats up, the American Medical Association is letting Congress know that it will oppose creation of a government-sponsored insurance plan, which President Obama and many other Democrats see as an essential element of legislation to remake the health care system. ... ... While committed to the goal of affordable health insurance for all, the association had said in a general statement of principles that health services should be “provided through private markets, as they are currently.
The doctors I work with hate the AMA, don’t belong to it and say they have no voice or representation through this organization.
Bull! Most practicing physicians don't belong to the AMA. Lots of the membership is students and retirees.
Watch out for Burgess.
For the past 6-8 months I have been e-mailing with his aides.
He is one of the main pushers of Electronic Medical Records data bank. I have been arguing that this will result in unprecedented intrusion of Americans Medical Privacy.
Pay attention folks.
This horse has left the barn.
It’s their call whether to support or oppose the bill - and they have to live with the results...and they may not like those results.
As I see it, once the US is gone as a safety valve for doctors hoping to make a good living, and medicine is totally monopolized by governments, it becomes reasonable for those governments to do something about what they will see as “excess incomes”, such the guys controlling anesthetic making something like $300k (average), not to mention surgeons.
They may think that their years of torture and huge debt to become a doctor makes those high salaries worth it...but the government does not have to agree - and they HAVE NO WHERE TO TURN when that happens. They cannot run to Canada, or Europe, and demand those salaries - and Canada (which still pays fairly well) will turn the screws now, since they also don’t have to worry about losing any more doctors to the US anymore.
All I can say is that there is NO WAY that I want my kids to grow up to be doctors. Lawyers maybe, crane operators, welders...but not doctors - it’s a losing cause.
It's mainly made up of "educators" or "academics" who don't want to see patients but like to sit around and mentally j#rk off about how things should be... on a salary.
Kinda like business groups that "support" the president. This is all bull. Out of our group of 13 ER docs there is one from Cali that voted for Obamalamadingdong. His wife works for the IRS. Just perfect. He was surprised by the stuff in the bill. dumba##.