According to an Investor Business Daily poll,
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.
Is this to be believed?
My step-father was a doctor. As a high school student, he never encouraged my brothers or me to go into medicine (we didn’t). My mother recently told me that this was a conscience decision. He saw the government take over of medicine years ago. If it wasn’t for cancer, I’m sure he would have been one of the “hundreds of thousands would think about shutting down their practices or retiring early”.
So the answer to my own question is, “Yes…I believe it”
ObamaCare will lead to an increase in demand for services and a decrease in the supply of providers. This of course will lead to shortages. Wait times will increase and care will be rushed or denied. The precedent has been set in other countries like England and Canada. We would be foolish to ignore these signs.
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