Posted on 11/15/2012 8:43:01 AM PST by SeekAndFind
That will probably be the answer, tuition's subsidized by the tax payer no doubt.
Problem is, that will lead to many sub standard doctors.
JMO.
When the doctor shortage gets really bad - and it will - dems will solve the ‘problem’ by lowing standards for medical personalel...
“Job Training Programs’ those spread the wealth around boondoggles for inner city neighborhoods will now be the the perferred training centers for medical assistants. Your new ‘doctor’ will by the guy who couldn’t find a job because his rap sheet was too long...
“The roles of nurse pracitioners and physicians assistants will expand to include treatment of most routine illnesses and injuries. “
That is, until they can no longer to pay malparactice. The system gamers will find this out in a NY minute.
“Job Training Programs’ those 'spread the wealth around boondoggles' for inner city neighborhoods will now be the the preferred training centers for medical assistants. Your new ‘doctor’ will be the guy who couldn't find a job because his rap sheet was too long...
Adding primary care doctors and physicians extenders (PAs, NPs)at the expense of specialists will drastically reduce quality. All the major advances in life expectency and QOL are via speciality care. PCPs, NPs and PAs can’t give chemo, put in hips or coronary stents.
This will get very ugly, guaranteed.
What's the point if you can't even understand what they're saying?
A sick, stupid, hungry population is easier to control...
We can't be far off from incorporating "alternative" medicines...that's why the use of leeches and even maggots, has been in the news lately. A blood-letting, anyone?
CRNA’s have a great job and make a very nice living.
Most people do not even know that CRNA’s do most of the anesthesia in this country (under the direction of an anesthesiologist).
“Job Training Programs’ those spread the wealth around boondoggles for inner city neighborhoods will now be the the preferred training centers for medical assistants. Your new ‘doctor’ will be the guy who couldn't find a job because his rap sheet was too long...
The next group to be thrown under the bus will be trial lawyers. Face it, poorly trained government workers will make 'mistakes' and if you or a loved one are one of those 'mistakes' the gov. can't afford allowing YOU to sue.. So the good news is no one will have to worry about malpractice insurance...
The Church certainly doesn't stand for socialism, but you wouldn't know it if you listen to certain members of the hierarchy.
"Boston’s Cardinal O’Malley Batting for Obamacare"
http://angelqueen.org/2012/07/02/bostons-cardinal-omalley-batting-for-obama/
“Get ready for your doctor to be named Mohammed or Patel.”
This is happening now. I took someone to ER last year and was greeted by MDs from Cameroon, Senegal, India, and Ireland. All seemed competent and everything went well, but some of them had unpronounceable (by me) names and all had accents, so many things got repeated.
Not only do they want to put insurance companies out of business, but they also want to restrict the number of doctors so they can control who becomes a doctor. Then they will set it up so doctors get a salary just a bit higher than a subway-sweeper job.
Just like in the Soviet Union.
Look it up.
The big problem will be in Medicaid and Medicare. Both programs work by paying doctors directly for having treated someone. The problem is that reimbursements to doctors keep getting cut. At this point, when most doctors treat Medicaid patients, it is a charity case because they lose money. That’s why it is hard for Medicaid patients to even find a doctor who will treat them.
The result is that Medicaid patients get terrible medical care. The recent Univ VA study of surgical outcomes for Medicaid patients found that they were 97% more likely to die in surgery than privately insured patients. It also found they were 13% more likely to die in surgery than UNINSURED patients.
Most people don’t know this. But the Chief Medicare Actuary has projected the Medicare cuts that are in Obamacare. His estimates are that by 2019, Medicare doctors will be receiving LOWER reimbursements than Medicaid doctors. The inevitable result of this is the same, or worse, medical care for the elderly on Medicare than for the low-income on Medicaid. I have a friend on Medicare whose cardiologist has stopped treating him because of the Medicare cuts coming in Obamacare. He has been unable to find a replacement who is willing to treat him despite a six month search, despite an ongoing cardiology problem that is non-trivial.
bookmark
RE: The three docs in our family circle are closing their practices next year.
What on earth are they planning to do next?
Years of Medical training and then what?
Don’t bank on a dental future. I’m a retired DDS who knows many grads with $200,000+ debt and no place to practice ‘decent’ dentistry. Many end up working in ‘dental mill’ clinics. I have personally steered many youth out of the Medical/Dental fields. Unless you have a strong humanitarian urge, stay away.
What could possibly go wrong...
Dramatically increase the number of patients who will abuse the system, since they’ll be getting “free” medical “care.”
Don’t increase the number of doctors...
Watch the number of existing doctors drop, as new price controls are placed on what the doctors are allowed to charge for their services, while the price of the procedures go up, due to new taxes on medical devices and instruments.
Yup, what can go wrong?
Of course, Obama recently admitted that he really can’t handle 7th grade math...
Mark
“The nomenklatura will always receive the best care from the best doctors and the best hospitals”
Maybe. But there will probably be a few doctors that cannot risk the temptation to make a ‘mistake’ on one of their political tormentors.
When Stalin had a stroke, the attending physician was afraid to lay a hand on him.
Yep. Texans might start feeling the other edge of the tort reform sword before long.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.