Wife, an ER Nurse, and I, a shrink (MD), had a lengthy discussion last night about various ways to retire or semi-retire, or go do locum tenens work in New Zealand or some such, or go ex patriot and settle in Baguio - anything but continue the worsening grind of our thankless professions. And believe me, we are far from alone in this.
May I ask you and your wife, then? What were you (and your colleagues) thinking when this bill was being written/ passed? Not to blame, right? But I watched and listened carefully to see who was on my side, hating this bill. I saw that the AMA was PRO Obamacare, but I did not observe medical folks in any field speaking out. I think it would help the public. We love our docs and we respect you. Speak out/ lend a voice/ tell us why YOU hate it. Make a big noise. Take out ads. Rent billboards. Let the Truth come out.
And don’t just bail and leave us with crummy third-world educated doctors, please. It might seem right to you, but what about We the Patients?