The Obamanators gang wants to force doctors to see patients...

http://masonconservative.typepad.com/the_mason_conservative/2013/11/virginia-democrat-calls-for-forcing-doctors-to-accept-medicare-and-medicaid-patients.html

FYI last night at the Great Falls Grange debate, Democrat delegate candidate Kathleen Murphy said that since many doctors are not accepting medicaid and medicare patients, she advocates making it a legal requirement for those people to be accepted.
She did not recognize that the payments are inadequate to cover the doctors' costs. She also did not recognize there is a shortage of over 45,000 physicians now and that it is forecast to be 90,000 in a few years.
Democrats appear to want to make physicians slaves of the state, but Democrats don't admit they would just drive more doctors out of practice into retirement and other occupations. The Obamacare law and regulations are causing millions of people to lose their health insurance, drop many doctors and hospitals. The HHS internal forecast is 93 million Americans would lose their health insurance due to the Obamacare law and rules about adequacy of insurance.

TEOTWAWKI wrote:http://masonconservative.typepad.com/the_mason_conservative/2013/11/virginia-democrat-calls-for-forcing-doctors-to-accept-medicare-and-medicaid-patients.html

FYI last night at the Great Falls Grange debate, Democrat delegate candidate Kathleen Murphy said that since many doctors are not accepting medicaid and medicare patients, she advocates making it a legal requirement for those people to be accepted.  
She did not recognize that the payments are inadequate to cover the doctors' costs.  She also did not recognize there is a shortage of over 45,000 physicians now and that it is forecast to be 90,000 in a few years.  
Democrats appear to want to make physicians slaves of the state, but Democrats don't admit they would just drive more doctors out of practice into retirement and other occupations.  The Obamacare law and regulations are causing millions of people to lose their health insurance, drop many doctors and hospitals. The HHS internal forecast is 93 million Americans would lose their health insurance due to the Obamacare law and rules about adequacy of insurance.

Perhaps the elected officials should be made to reduce their salary and compensate the lost physician  revenue . Make it a law.

I assume you agree with the article, i.e., that it would be unconscionable to require physicians to accept Medicare/Medicaid? It is my own belief, and from my own experience, that many family care docs feel 'left behind' not because they are not making a very nice living but because they do not earn what their brothers who specialize earn. In a very real sense this is their chance to oppose the changes in our healthcare delivery system including what they feel is fair and reasonable reimbursement for their services. There is unquestionably a shortage of family practitioners and with the implementation of the ACA that will only worsen. Frankly I'm conflicted on this . . . on the one hand physicians seemingly have the right to decide for themselves whether they should accept patients on Medicare but on the other, there seems to be a moral imperative to do so. It also makes me suspicious that some of these docs are taking their position based on politics as much as anything else . . . I do know we are witnessing an upheaval in the medical industry and no one can argue that something is dramatically wrong.
Interesting post.

knothead wrote:I assume you agree with the article, i.e., that it would be unconscionable to require physicians to accept Medicare/Medicaid? It is my own belief, and from my own experience, that many family care docs feel 'left behind' not because they are not making a very nice living but because they do not earn what their brothers who specialize earn.  In a very real sense this is their chance to oppose the changes in our healthcare delivery system including what they feel is fair and reasonable reimbursement for their services.  There is unquestionably a shortage of family practitioners and with the implementation of the ACA that will only worsen.  Frankly I'm conflicted on this . . . on the one hand physicians seemingly have the right to decide for themselves whether they should accept patients on Medicare but on the other, there seems to be a moral imperative to do so.  It also makes me suspicious that some of these docs are taking their position based on politics as much as anything else . . . I do know we are witnessing an upheaval in the medical industry and no one can argue that something is dramatically wrong.
Interesting post.  

Most physicians accept medicare but not medicaid. The medicaid reimbursement is extremely low and unlike medicare, it takes a very long time to receive payment. Family practioners can not afford to go months and months waiting on a partial payment, while running an office.

The other problem, physicians that do accept medicaid...many times have their office bombarded with low pay medicaid patients.

When I mentioned on another thread, the Michelle Obama University og Chicago patient dumping scheme...they were dumping patients without insurance and medicaid patients. You lose money dealing with medicaid.

[quote="Joanimaroni"]

knothead wrote:I assume you agree with the article, i.e., that it would be unconscionable to require physicians to accept Medicare/Medicaid? It is my own belief, and from my own experience, that many family care docs feel 'left behind' not because they are not making a very nice living but because they do not earn what their brothers who specialize earn.  In a very real sense this is their chance to oppose the changes in our healthcare delivery system including what they feel is fair and reasonable reimbursement for their services.  There is unquestionably a shortage of family practitioners and with the implementation of the ACA that will only worsen.  Frankly I'm conflicted on this . . . on the one hand physicians seemingly have the right to decide for themselves whether they should accept patients on Medicare but on the other, there seems to be a moral imperative to do so.  It also makes me suspicious that some of these docs are taking their position based on politics as much as anything else . . . I do know we are witnessing an upheaval in the medical industry and no one can argue that something is dramatically wrong.
Interesting post.  

Most physicians accept medicare but not medicaid. The medicaid reimbursement is extremely low and unlike medicare, it takes a very long time to receive payment. Family practioners can not afford to go months and months waiting on a partial payment, while running an office.

The other problem, physicians that do accept medicaid...many times have their office  bombarded with low pay medicaid patients.

When I mentioned on another thread, the Michelle Obama University og Chicago patient dumping scheme...they were dumping patients without insurance and medicaid patients. You lose money dealing with medicaid.

Got it, thanks Joani . . .

Seagoat calls this "COMPETITION"... like a good fascist would.

knothead wrote:I assume you agree with the article, i.e., that it would be unconscionable to require physicians to accept Medicare/Medicaid? It is my own belief, and from my own experience, that many family care docs feel 'left behind' not because they are not making a very nice living but because they do not earn what their brothers who specialize earn.  In a very real sense this is their chance to oppose the changes in our healthcare delivery system including what they feel is fair and reasonable reimbursement for their services.  There is unquestionably a shortage of family practitioners and with the implementation of the ACA that will only worsen.  Frankly I'm conflicted on this . . . on the one hand physicians seemingly have the right to decide for themselves whether they should accept patients on Medicare but on the other, there seems to be a moral imperative to do so.  It also makes me suspicious that some of these docs are taking their position based on politics as much as anything else . . . I do know we are witnessing an upheaval in the medical industry and no one can argue that something is dramatically wrong.
Interesting post.  

It's called ObamaCare and it is getting worse by the day.

Meanwhile, President Barack Hussein Obama has moved on to destroying more jobs and further damage the economy with Global Warming Regulations.

Markle wrote:

knothead wrote:I assume you agree with the article, i.e., that it would be unconscionable to require physicians to accept Medicare/Medicaid? It is my own belief, and from my own experience, that many family care docs feel 'left behind' not because they are not making a very nice living but because they do not earn what their brothers who specialize earn.  In a very real sense this is their chance to oppose the changes in our healthcare delivery system including what they feel is fair and reasonable reimbursement for their services.  There is unquestionably a shortage of family practitioners and with the implementation of the ACA that will only worsen.  Frankly I'm conflicted on this . . . on the one hand physicians seemingly have the right to decide for themselves whether they should accept patients on Medicare but on the other, there seems to be a moral imperative to do so.  It also makes me suspicious that some of these docs are taking their position based on politics as much as anything else . . . I do know we are witnessing an upheaval in the medical industry and no one can argue that something is dramatically wrong.
Interesting post.  

It's called ObamaCare and it is getting worse by the day.

Meanwhile, President Barack Hussein Obama has moved on to destroying more jobs and further damage the economy with Global Warming Regulations.

Right . . . and one way to solve all this shit is to cut food stamps so poor children starve. LOL

Wordslinger wrote:

Markle wrote:

knothead wrote:I assume you agree with the article, i.e., that it would be unconscionable to require physicians to accept Medicare/Medicaid? It is my own belief, and from my own experience, that many family care docs feel 'left behind' not because they are not making a very nice living but because they do not earn what their brothers who specialize earn.  In a very real sense this is their chance to oppose the changes in our healthcare delivery system including what they feel is fair and reasonable reimbursement for their services.  There is unquestionably a shortage of family practitioners and with the implementation of the ACA that will only worsen.  Frankly I'm conflicted on this . . . on the one hand physicians seemingly have the right to decide for themselves whether they should accept patients on Medicare but on the other, there seems to be a moral imperative to do so.  It also makes me suspicious that some of these docs are taking their position based on politics as much as anything else . . . I do know we are witnessing an upheaval in the medical industry and no one can argue that something is dramatically wrong.
Interesting post.  

It's called ObamaCare and it is getting worse by the day.

Meanwhile, President Barack Hussein Obama has moved on to destroying more jobs and further damage the economy with Global Warming Regulations.

Right . . . and one way to solve all this shit is to cut food stamps so poor children starve.  LOL

Poor people shouldn't have children that they can't care for.
Don't breed em if you can't feed em.

gulfbeachbandit wrote:

Wordslinger wrote:

Markle wrote:

knothead wrote:I assume you agree with the article, i.e., that it would be unconscionable to require physicians to accept Medicare/Medicaid? It is my own belief, and from my own experience, that many family care docs feel 'left behind' not because they are not making a very nice living but because they do not earn what their brothers who specialize earn.  In a very real sense this is their chance to oppose the changes in our healthcare delivery system including what they feel is fair and reasonable reimbursement for their services.  There is unquestionably a shortage of family practitioners and with the implementation of the ACA that will only worsen.  Frankly I'm conflicted on this . . . on the one hand physicians seemingly have the right to decide for themselves whether they should accept patients on Medicare but on the other, there seems to be a moral imperative to do so.  It also makes me suspicious that some of these docs are taking their position based on politics as much as anything else . . . I do know we are witnessing an upheaval in the medical industry and no one can argue that something is dramatically wrong.
Interesting post.  

It's called ObamaCare and it is getting worse by the day.

Meanwhile, President Barack Hussein Obama has moved on to destroying more jobs and further damage the economy with Global Warming Regulations.

Right . . . and one way to solve all this shit is to cut food stamps so poor children starve.  LOL

Poor people shouldn't have children that they can't care for.
Don't breed em if you can't feed em.

Wordslinger is an outspoken advocate of SHARED MISERY. Also in punishing anyone who plays by the rules and is successful. Can't have that, other people will feel bad.

[quote="Joanimaroni"]

TEOTWAWKI wrote:http://masonconservative.typepad.com/the_mason_conservative/2013/11/virginia-democrat-calls-for-forcing-doctors-to-accept-medicare-and-medicaid-patients.html

FYI last night at the Great Falls Grange debate, Democrat delegate candidate Kathleen Murphy said that since many doctors are not accepting medicaid and medicare patients, she advocates making it a legal requirement for those people to be accepted.  
She did not recognize that the payments are inadequate to cover the doctors' costs.  She also did not recognize there is a shortage of over 45,000 physicians now and that it is forecast to be 90,000 in a few years.  
Democrats appear to want to make physicians slaves of the state, but Democrats don't admit they would just drive more doctors out of practice into retirement and other occupations.  The Obamacare law and regulations are causing millions of people to lose their health insurance, drop many doctors and hospitals. The HHS internal forecast is 93 million Americans would lose their health insurance due to the Obamacare law and rules about adequacy of insurance.

Perhaps the elected officials should be made to reduce their salary  and compensate  the lost physician  revenue . Make it a law.[/quot


So true!