Almost Half of United States’ Doctors Would Consider Quitting Under Obamacare
One of the criticisms of Obamacare is how will doctors be able to handle the extra patients if all of a sudden all the uninsured become part of their case load. If he new study of doctors performed by IBD is to be believed, the problem will be worse than originally thought, as 45% of all doctors will consider leaving the profession if Obamacare is passed in its present form (take that American Medical Association). 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. YIKES, forget health care, think of all the lost marriage opportunities for my daughter.
The AMA might be supporting this legislation, but doctors HATE this bill:
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I disagree, I would think that the extra patients would increase demand for more doctors. Therefore there would be more of an opportunity for new doctors. Also I think any doctor that would consider quitting his profession because there has been an increase in patients, is a doctor for the wrong reasons. What happened to the doctors that just want to help people get better?