According to radio host and author Dennis Prager, "What psychological planet are doctors living on?" I am wondering where all of you doctors are hiding? You're not? You're not visable (or audible) to me, the patient. If you don't know (or understand) what the Obama team has in mind for medicine in this country, you had better work fast and furious to educate yourself. Then, you had better educate your peers. We all hate the "S" word, but what do you think letting the federal government run your medical practice is? Are you actually willing to let this happen? You won't be a doctor anymore (not in the sense you and I understand that terminology). You will be in the health care delivery business. My aunt is 58 and has recently been diagnosed with cancer..........sorry, she has to wait 8 weeks to get an appointment for chemo. My great uncle is 82 and has prostate cancer. Sorry.....he is too old for treatment. My daughter is 29 and having severe headaches. She has to wait 6 weeks for an MRI to rule out a life-threatening condition. Yes, we the patients are going to suffer the most, but so are you doctors.
Your pay will be cut by 1/3 to 1/2 of what it is now. You will be part of a huge government bureaucracy, and if you think you hate dealing with insurance companies, wait till you deal with this red tape. Oh, and did I forget to mention that you will no longer enjoy the status that being a physician once offered? You will move down several rungs on the ladder of prestige......kind of like going from a pilot to a flight attendant.
How do you think you will like them peanuts?
Check these sites out..............educate yourself now. FIGHT THIS! (for all of us)
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124416366699887489.html
http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/blog/g/995e4df7-b73c-4cb2-8c1b-70b910986d3d
http://www.docs4patientcare.org/7301.html
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