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Current Events => General Discussion => Topic started by: deportliberals on October 27, 2009, 10:14:07 AM

Title: Obamacare To Signifcantly Worsen Doctor Shortage
Post by: deportliberals on October 27, 2009, 10:14:07 AM

Even if Obamacare never passes in congress, this nation will be confronted with a 40,000 primary care physician shortage by 2020.  With 78 million aging baby boomers already lining up for medicare, SSA disability, etc putting a massive strain on our health system, Obamacare will finish off what is left of the best healthcare system in the world by simply overloading it.

Massachusettes' version of Obamacare has already been forced to cut 30,000 people from their health program due to overlaoding.



http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/161128.php

Title: Re: Obamacare To Signifcantly Worsen Doctor Shortage
Post by: BadCat on October 27, 2009, 10:24:52 AM

I highly doubt that many doctors went into the field of medicine for strictly altruistic reasons.  It's a long hard road to an M.D., and they should be compensated for that.

With the compensation factor removed by the Feds, why bother?

Title: Re: Obamacare To Signifcantly Worsen Doctor Shortage
Post by: deportliberals on October 27, 2009, 10:41:42 AM

Quote from: BadCat on October 27, 2009, 10:24:52 AM

I highly doubt that many doctors went into the field of medicine for strictly altruistic reasons.  It's a long hard road to an M.D., and they should be compensated for that.

With the compensation factor removed by the Feds, why bother?

True...one of the major reasons why thousands of canadian physicians fled their single payer system to come here to practice medicine was pure economics.