Doctors Threaten to Go Galt if ObamaCare Passes

Written By : Dave Blount

It would be a miracle of biblical proportions if Big Government’s minions could decrease costs while increasing coverage, as Democrats have been promising to do when they seize control of the healthcare industry. What will make cost savings even more improbable is that they will have to do it with a radically reduced supply — because doctors unwilling to labor as government slaves have promised to go Galt:

Four of nine doctors, or 45%, said they “would consider leaving their practice or taking an early retirement” if Congress passes the plan the Democratic majority and White House have in mind.

More than 800,000 doctors were practicing in 2006, the government says. Projecting the poll’s finding onto that population, 360,000 doctors would consider quitting.

The IBD/TIPP poll also found that 2/3 of doctors oppose ObamaCare, despite the lies being spewed on your dime by NPR.

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 differs with findings of a poll released Monday by National Public Radio that suggests a “majority of physicians want public and private insurance options,” and clashes with media reports such as Tuesday’s front-page story in the Los Angeles Times with the headline “Doctors Go For Obama’s Reform.”

Surprisingly, only 71% of doctors answered “no” when asked whether they could swallow that “the government can cover 47 million more people and that it will cost less money and the quality of care will be better.” The rest must be Democrats, like they all will be after ObamaCare passes and hospitals turn into the DMV.

Becoming a doctor isn’t easy. Who is going to do it in the future, when our socialist rulers have destroyed every incentive? It will make more sense just to apply for a job at the post office than endure the rigors of medical school and residency. This is yet another reason that socialism simply does not work. But at least we’ll have no shortage of useless bureauweenies telling us how to live and when to die.

On tips from AmericanToTheCore and Henry. Hat tip: Michelle Malkin. Cross-posted at Moonbattery.

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Getting my father to a doctor was near impossible. When he retired, he hadn't seen a doctor for over 20 years. His brother finally got him to go to his doctor. But his doctor didn't accept Medicare and I remember my mother telling me that she had to pay for his services out of her own pocket. But she was happy my dad was finally seeing a doctor and if he will see this one doctor, she would simply have to pay for it.

I wonder how many other doctors will opt out of an Obama plan? They are already proposing to add 47 million more patients and not increase the number of doctors to see them. Even if only 10% of the doctors opt out, this is going to cause a huge shortage. There will always be people like my parents that will pay for the services they need. But what about those that don't have the extra money and rely on their insurance or government? What are they going to do when they are told their doctor is too busy to see them and make an appointment that will be months in the future? What will they do when they are placed on waiting lists and receive a form letter like the one Canada sends out that starts out, "If you happened to die before your surgury…"?

Anybody that tells you that you can have something for nothing is not being honest with you. There is no way we can add 47 million to our insurance rolls and not expect an increase in costs. Soon we will run out of doctors and it will only be the elites that will have open access to them. I believe that if Congress really believes that this legislation is good for us, then they should have to use it for themselves. No paying extra to see that really good doctor, just take the one whose number comes up when it is time to treat them. If they would agree that whatever they vote for has to be used by themselves, we would see the greatest healthcare package man can develop.
shtetlg

Another powerful disincentive is the fact that even though doctor's pay will be going down their malpractice premiums will the stay the same.
http://Kingfisher Kingfisher

I wonder how many other doctors will opt out of an Obama plan?

My sister is an internist and said that she will seriously reconsider her career if this passes.

Too bad Obama is only listening to the unions and anti-American sympathizers.
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Never worry. Obama will just force the doctors to stay in that career. After all, it's not like any of this happened before or anything; it's not like, not 40 years ago, doctors were leaving a country that treated them very badly faster than that country could train them. And then had to build the Berlin Wall to stop them.

History might repeat itself, but liberals make it just stutter.
http://conservativebootcamp.com martinhale

Our health system has been hearing rumblings from the docs in all five hospitals that we should be making alternative plans to provide care for patients. Many of them already don't accept Medicare or Medicaid, and having the fed step in a mess with their revenue stream may well be the last straw. Certainly, not all will quit, nor even a majority. But at a time when the feds are trying their level best to increase patient loads by 15%, a lot of them are already inching closer to finding other ways to make money. The more that leave, the worse it becomes for those who remain as far as patient loads are concerned.
aharris

It's not enough that unions and wage laws have driven much of our manufacturing overseas, now they want to drive most of our health care over there too.
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