Why the Doctor Won’t See You

Townhall.com ^ | January 7, 2012 | John C. Goodman

[Sacajaweau]

Posted in every emergency room across the nation....WE TURN DOWN NO ONE!!!!

[ak267]

Massachusetts succeeded in cutting the number of uninsured in half — a worthy accomplishment.

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being insured and getting coverage are two different things.

[hinckley buzzard]

The future of healthcare under obama care is already in sight in some areas--you won't be seeing doctors anymore--you will be seeing "physician extenders" like nurse practitioners and physician assistants.

[OldPossum]

At that point, who in their right mind would want to be a doctor?

I have a grand-nephew whose intelligence is so high that he could be anything he wants to be. Incredibly, he saw this coming five years ago and decided against being a physician. Instead, he chose a difficult field of engineering that some engineering students avoid. This summer he gets his masters and the next year, a Phd., all paid for by the university.

It was an incredibly wise decision on his part.

[hal ogen]

I agree.

[ntnychik]

bump for later

[Nowhere Man]

When Hillarycare was being bandied about circa 1993, one of the popular alternatives being considered was private pay hospital ships. Take a medical-related cruise out into international waters. Look for that to happen if Obamacare is fully implemented.

Heh, reminds me of the 1959/60 TV shoe, "Mr. Lucky," where a gambler ran a casino on a ship where he took his patrons out into international waters to escape the gambling laws.

I thought the same thing except there could be medical tourism and/or a medical underground airline/cruiseline where people will go to places, perhaps even to live and retire, like Costa Rica, Phillipines, Grenada, Dominican Republic, you name it to escape Bammycare to get good care.

[okie01]

...there could be medical tourism and/or a medical underground airline/cruiseline where people will go to places, perhaps even to live and retire, like Costa Rica, Phillipines, Grenada, Dominican Republic, you name it

I've heard that there is a building boom around the San Jose (Costa Rica) airport -- hotels and condos are going up around a huge medical complex.

All designed to serve the wealthy American, Canadian and Brit...

[Finny]

Obviously, they are going to require accepting the insurance as a condition of licensure. But, since running the office costs more than the state will pay, kulaks independent physicians will be crushed, naturally with a simultaneous propaganda campaign to demonize them as greedy incompetent frauds. Once the real doctors are out of the way, the rest (rationing, death panels, special hospitals for party members, etc) will be a breeze.\

BTTT

[rhema]

The Obamacare Death Panel will see you now.