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45% Of Doctors Would Consider Quitting If Congress Passes Health Care Overhaul
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<blockquote data-quote="brett636" data-source="post: 604103" data-attributes="member: 249"><p>It did not say every doctor would quit, only around 45% of them. Certainly some are fresh out of school and have loads of student loans to pay off, or they just want to enjoy a full career of being a doctor. Plenty of others ,though, are just like the rest of our workforce, made up of a good percentage of baby boomers who have been working for decades and who has the choice to retire at will. Their student loans have been paid off many moons ago, and their practice has provided them with a life they have enjoyed up to this point. Should they end up dealing with a boatload more new patients, all of whom are covered by government insurance plans which mandate how much they will pay for services causing those doctors to lose money on each service provided it will make more sense for them to close up shop rather than have to service the new clientele at a loss. This closure of doctors office after doctors office increases the load on the practices still operating causing longer wait times to see a doctor. Ultimately, you have fewer doctors to service more patients and we will begin to see rationing of care, but that is a whole other topic to get into.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="brett636, post: 604103, member: 249"] It did not say every doctor would quit, only around 45% of them. Certainly some are fresh out of school and have loads of student loans to pay off, or they just want to enjoy a full career of being a doctor. Plenty of others ,though, are just like the rest of our workforce, made up of a good percentage of baby boomers who have been working for decades and who has the choice to retire at will. Their student loans have been paid off many moons ago, and their practice has provided them with a life they have enjoyed up to this point. Should they end up dealing with a boatload more new patients, all of whom are covered by government insurance plans which mandate how much they will pay for services causing those doctors to lose money on each service provided it will make more sense for them to close up shop rather than have to service the new clientele at a loss. This closure of doctors office after doctors office increases the load on the practices still operating causing longer wait times to see a doctor. Ultimately, you have fewer doctors to service more patients and we will begin to see rationing of care, but that is a whole other topic to get into. [/QUOTE]
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