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flcouple2009 -> RE: One Doctor's Response (4/4/2010 9:02:52 AM)
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ORIGINAL: Mercnbeth
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ORIGINAL: flcouple2009
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ORIGINAL: Mercnbeth
The only concerning consequence would be if that minority of 27% reported by the self represented "random", and not scientific or statistically validated, survey taken in September 2009 before the Health Care Law was written and its consequences established, decide to express their disfavor by leaving general practice; hoping that under the new medical profession government set pay scale for services, they'll be replaced.
Or you can be concerned that versus the 2009 survey, Dr Cassell is more representative of Doctors reacting to reading the impact of this Law on their profession, practice, and livelihood.
Yeah that's happening about the same time Rush finishes moving to Costa Rica.
MM's post documented that a poll taken in September 2009, 27% of Doctors were against a Federal mandate of health care prior to it becoming law and having it's current form.
How many electing to take early retirement would create a problem of access? Using a given fact, documented by the faithful, is that some Doctors already don't take 'Medicare' patients. With $500 Billion being taken from that program, more regulation, more bureaucracy and scrutiny pragmatically generating more delay of payments; do you think that population of Doctors will increase or decrease?
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Maybe he should rid himself of all Government in his practice and stop taking Medicare as well. Oh wait, he is in Mount Dora, he wouldn't have any patients if he did that. Sure - that's right, Dr Cassel is living, and working, in a place where his practice evolved into one having more Medicaid patients. I bet most of them ride it with their tax payer funded, Medicaid provided, electric scooters too. Both industries, the doctors and the scooter company use the 'system' to their own personal benefit; as do you, as do I.
The problem the Administration and his like minded advisers are having in applying their academia theory models to the real world is that human nature is never considered. The is no universal, and unlimited, human altruism. Instead there is 'tipping point' in every person where effort does not equal reward and a personal decision is made not to participate. Unlike you or I or the scooter salesman, a doctor leaving the practice isn't replaced with an ad in the paper. The pipeline to become a doctors is long and arduous, and has at it's entrance, a gate which at least to this point, requires a superior level of intelligence.
Assuming that MM's 27% won't retire, how many will? 15%? 10%? 5%? 1%? At the low end replacement would be difficult. You also have to consider the decision making process of those coming in to replace the leaving. There's more money, less scrutiny, and no 'malpractice' in the science of 'global warming' as a career path for the most intelligent.
The potential for less doctors and 30, to 50 million (The number the, working without a TelePrompTer, President used in his 20 minute dissertation regarding a currently being over-taxed representation by one of his constituents)more people seeking care. You should consider, of all the players involved, the pharmaceutical companies are thrilled, the health care companies stocks are thriving, Doctors and othe individuals on the front lines as care providers have a problem with it - the smoking gun of special interest payoffs as well as an indication who was best served by this Health Care Bill.
This is one visible Doctor, with or without a political agenda. You think he is unique?
I thought I was pretty clear. They will be giving up being Doctors about the same time Rush actually moves to Costa Rica.
I do understand why they would be phasing out the nursing homes. Who needs them once the death panels begin. I don't know about you but I wouldn't trust a Doctor who bought into all of that.
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