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Doctors support Obamacare

Tam

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Well maybe they don't but remember when a certain ex-lawman/Obama cheerleader said the Doctors were supporting Obamacare?

Doctors resist Obamacare
Submitted by fonzdrew on Tue, 10/29/2013 - 08:56
in Politics, General + Law(s)
New York


New York doctors are treating ObamaCare like the plague, a new survey reveals.
A poll conducted by the New York State Medical Society finds that 44 percent of MDs said they are not participating in the nation’s new health-care plan.
Another 33 percent say they’re still not sure whether to become ObamaCare providers.
Only 23 percent of the 409 physicians queried said they’re taking patients who signed up through health exchanges.
“This is so poorly designed that a lot of doctors are afraid to participate,” said Dr. Sam Unterricht, president of the 29,000-member organization. “There’s a lot of resistance. Doctors don’t know what they’re going to get paid.”
Three out of four doctors who are participating in the program said they “had to participate” because of existing contractual obligations with an insurer or medical provider, not because they wanted to.
Only one in four “affirmatively” chose to sign up for the exchanges.
Nearly eight in 10 — 77 percent — said they had not been given a fee schedule to show much they’ll get paid if they sign up.
The survey invited doctors to anonymously share opinions about the new health care law, and many took time out of their busy days to vent.
“Obama Care wants to start right away, but who see all these new patients???? Not me,” e-mailed one doc.
Another said, “I plan to retire if this disaster is implemented. This is a train wreck.”
“I refuse to participate in the exchange plans! I am completely opposed to this new law,” said a third respondent.
One doctor recycled the mantra used to attack addictions: “The solution is simple: Just say no.

A group of politically active physicians and surgeons is issuing a warning to millions of patients nationwide: Stay away from the exchanges.
The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons blasted the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act’s new exchanges — which launched in October — saying they “destroy privacy” for consumers and simply aren’t safe.

The AAPS describes itself as nonpartisan but is generally recognized as politically conservative, opposing government involvement in medicine.

“Once entered, your information becomes available to a myriad of government agencies. And there is no taking it back,” the national organization, which represents physicians in all specialties, said in an issued statement to patients. “Moreover, the exchanges are susceptible to hacking by identity thieves and other criminals. Some sites posing as exchange sites may not be ACA sites at all, just fronts for criminal operations.”

Industry and IT experts have warned that security issues remain a concern.

Data security is paramount, as applicants are required to submit a variety of sensitive details, including name, birth date, address and Social Security number, in the process of obtaining insurance. Some worry hackers could easily access the sensitive information of millions of Americans.

AAPS also warned patients against PPACA’s navigators and assisters, saying they aren’t “necessarily trustworthy” as they have “minimal training, and do not need to undergo a criminal background check. Agencies that employ them may previously have been found guilty of fraud.”

Earlier this year, Republican senators also slammed the law’s navigator program arguing the rule is so lenient that a convicted felon could qualify as a navigator and get access to consumers’ confidential health information
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Doctors are advising people to stay away from OBAMACARE ( yes OBAMA Care) but just a few months ago we were being told they all supportered it and there would not be a doctor shortage. They is only a few people with a credibility problem as bad as Obama's on this topic and I think we all know who one of them is. :wink:
 

Tam

Well-known member
TSR said:
Omigosh if they can't maintain their patient load they might have to get on foodstamps! :shock:

Nope TSR they can just move to a country that has less restrictions on their abilities to do their jobs. Kind of like the Doctors did in Canada when they were educated here then move to the US to set up a practice and not have to deal with our Single Payer systems LIMITS. If they can move out of Canada they can also move out of the US if your government run system gets to be a ball and chain around their throats. Count on it, they are going to do what is best for them and their families. Can you blame them since Obama has doubled their work load but did nothing to protect them from the blood sucking lawyers just licking their lips waiting for a Doctor to miss doing a test giving them an excuse to move in and sue the pants off the Doctor and his/her whole family. TORT REFORM would have gone a long way to rein in the cost of the US healthcare system but NOPE to many lawyers are now making the laws in DC that Doctors have to live by in the hopes that they will screw up and the lawyer's legal counterparts the judges make sure they PAY.

If I were a Doctor I would not take the extra workload and the chance of padding some lawyers pockets either. :x
 

Faster horses

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We have friends who have a child that is brilliant and is currently attending medical school, with the thought that if working conditions aren't favorable here in the USA that those conditions can be found in NEW ZEALAND or AUSTRALIA.

So Tam is right...even medical students are already thinking about where they can go.

As for Obamacare and insurance, I just learned that the medical codes that have been used...have been problematic with 5 digit numbers.......now will be 10 digits. Right there is a huge problem as I see it. Looks to me like the people who put this whole deal together were nothing more than complete Obama idiots. Will they have to take responsibility? When has anyone associated with the Obama regime had to take any responsibility?

BTW, I am reading "Betrayed" and I'm on the hook over what I am reading and I'm not even into it very far. :mad:
 
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