[Little Ray]

The “Ready Reserves” mentioned in the Health Care bill are not military. They’re doctors. They’re part of the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps. The Surgeon General is in charge of it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Public_Health_Service_Commissioned_Corps

Mind you, I find a “Public Health Service Commissioned Corps” pretty darn scary.

[muawiyah]

After our experience with Dr. Hassan (the Fort Hood shooter) it's not likely folks will be comfortable with organizing doctors to any degree beyond their current level of organization.

This "ready reserve" business should be left to the states ONLY.

[firebrand]

Doctors my A$$.

[fso301]

ASSIMILATING RESERVE CORP OFFICERS INTO THE REGULAR CORPS.
—Effective on the date of enactment of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, all individuals classified as officers in the Reserve Corps under this section (as such section existed on the day before the date of enactment of such Act) and serving on active duty shall be deemed to be commissioned officers of the Regular Corps.

This sounds as if existing reserve officers previosly called up and still on active duty have just been drafted to permanent active duty.

Does this mean the doctors, nurses, engineers, etc of the Ready Reserve Corps can no longer be deactivated and return to their civilian jobs?

[kitchen]

Mind you, I find a “Public Health Service Commissioned Corps” pretty darn scary.

"Hey Doc, I hear you're planning to retire. I've got a job for you..."

[GSWarrior]

United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps.

Do you know if the Ready Reserves mentioned in the bill is an extension of this or something entirely new?

Thanks in advance.

[TigersEye]

Oh noessss! They're going to attack us with doctors!!!

Good thing for us 46% of them are going to retire. /s

[UCANSEE2]

Mind you, I find a “Public Health Service Commissioned Corps” pretty darn scary.

Well, with the new END OF LIFE counseling, those who are told they are a 'burden' to society will not likely lay down easily. There must be a CORPS of DOCTORS who will make HOUSE VISITS to enact the decision of the Public Health Service, accompanied by IRS agents in full body armor.

[streetpreacher]

I was wondering when someone was going to state the obvious. This is not good but also not a cause for black helicopter spotting either.

[patton]

Bingo - whe is going to draft DRs, and force them to provide health care.

[Blogger]

Where do you read they are doctors? I see them performing some health functions; however, they are also to be available to assist regular troops or to sub for them in times of other ‘national emergencies’.

[ddk632]

Wiki is never a good source of information, very often biased and with poor, incorrect, unreliable, or missing citations in many cases.

The bill text as stated at the top of this thread, while referring to the Surgeon General as having command, does not mention anything about doctors.

It does mention similarities to the armed forces reserves.