Posted on 11/14/2015 4:59:44 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
Mountains of Obamacare-related paperwork and the threats of severe fines for the slightest errors are forcing many doctors to retire and others to shut down their practices and work under the protection of hospitals, and all of it spells bad news for patients.
Galen Institute President Grace-Marie Turner says the exodus is alarming, as evidenced by a Physicians Foundation report showing the number of doctors who say they run an independent practice has dropped from 62 percent in 2008 to 35 percent in 2014. The survey of 20,000 physicians also shows only 17 percent in solo practice. Eighty-one percent of doctors are at full capacity or even overextended. Forty-six percent grade Obamacare as a D or an F. Just 25 percent give the law an A or a B.
For those greatly frustrated by the system, Turner said the government is making their lives miserable.
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I kind of figured this would happen once “healthcare” became a “right” and you had big, lardass welfare queens with “Ph.Ds” shooting off their big mouths on the cable “news” networks and demanding that they be referred to as “doctor”. This country has become a joke.
The great socialist experiment is derailing
This is exactly what they wanted.
Now they can flood the entire system with affirmative action doctors.
Again they want this. It gives them an excuse to kill off older whites for lack of doctors/resources, while bring ing in muslim docs who will also kill off whites.
My doctor retired.
I found a new one, though. I notice that physician’s assistants and nurses are doing a lot more. I spend more time talking to them than I do with the doctor when he finally comes in. And most of the time they are tapping away on their laptops.
Yes, my doctor “retired” in October of this year. He wrote a letter to all of us patients saying he could not take Obamacare and all the red tape it created any longer. In the letter, he had a few scathing parting words to say about the POS in the White House and how he can destroyed the U.S. health care system.
So much for the POS saying if I liked my doctor I could keep him.
The whole industry had already become and endless avalanche of paperwork. This is what happens whenever you have a product or service that is paid through a third party rather than a direct provider-customer transaction.
I just found out my primary care physician is retiring. And he’s not that old, maybe mid to late 50’s. A number of my friends, in their 50’s are also retiring. And just about all of those in their 60’s are deciding to quit or have already quit.
My physician’s office was telling me about options within the practice for a primary care physician. One was middle eastern. Ha. I don’t think so!
well the affirmative action president has turned out to be the worst in U.S. history unless you worship at the altar of Karl Marx...
This is also an excuse to turn into single payer. In additon to my prior reasons.
Make sure you are on very good terms with your vet. They can provide scripts....
If I were a doctor, I would be running a cash only business.
“So much for the POS saying if I liked my doctor I could keep him.”
Your doctor sounded cool.
“Death to Americans!” - Hussein
You can buy “animal” antibiotics on eBay.
I’d have died of a sinus infection long ago without amoxicillin.
On the other hand some doctors have gone back to direct pay and are doing well. Cant probably realistically work for all doctors right now but for some it has.
Doctors in CA, even bleeding heart libs, are stopping taking Medi-Cal patients. In January the will only be reimbursed $20 bucks for each office visit. The doctors will be losing a lot of money for each one.
It’s exactly like taking a gourmet restaurant and requiring it to serve $40 entrees for $7. It isn’t sustainable. Fully 33% of Californians are on Medi-Cal. So it now means all treatment at the ER after waiting five hours.
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.... No new information here .... this is a predicted event. There was a survey done during the drafting of the ACA .... and over 40% of the doctors surveyed said they would leave their practice if the ACA was enacted.
.... It appears .... they were not bluffing or joking about their intentions.
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