45% Of Doctors Would Consider Quitting If Congress Passes Health Care OverhaulLines, long waits, and higher costs. Just what Americans want from their health care system.
Two of every three practicing physicians oppose the medical overhaul plan under consideration in Washington, and hundreds of thousands would think about shutting down their practices or retiring early if it were adopted, a new IBD/TIPP Poll has found.
The poll contradicts the claims of not only the White House, but also doctors' own lobby — the powerful American Medical Association — both of which suggest the medical profession is behind the proposed overhaul.
It also calls into question whether an overhaul is even doable; 72% of the doctors polled disagree with the administration's claim that the government can cover 47 million more people with better-quality care at lower cost.
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
45% of Doctors Would Consider Quitting if Obamacare Passes
Investor's Business Daily has some bad news for those who think Obamacare will make health care more accessible:
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Have you read the Docs on the Web blogspot? First heard about them from Hugh Hewitt. These are doctors in practice who have had it up to their eyeballs with government intrusion as it is today. I think many would bail if we went to a single-payer. I know I, as a nurse, am considering my other options.
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