My sister called me today, she's a doctor.

douchebag

He ASKED how it works here, He wanted to know if people are turned away if they are dying. I told him how it worked for poor people that needed emergency medical treatment but couldn't pay for it. Also informed him that you don't have to pay upfront to receive emergency treatment. It's a fact. What's your issue?

I wasn't advocating for people to just stroll into an ER for a cold, jack up a large bill and force taxpayers to handle it.

Calm the fuck down.

She's probably crying because she won't make as much money. Boo boo.

douchebag

Yeah, Romney tried pedaling that shit, too. Those of us who work are paying for the poor...just at a premium. The Right's fight of Socialized medicine is stupid and hurtful.

I come from a medical family as well (I'm the blacksheep banker of the bunch) and they are all extremely upset and worried about this, there are going to be a lot of unintended (at least you hope they're unintended) consequences to this boondoggle...

Community healthcare clinics are already shutting down.

There is already an extreme shortage of doctors taking medicaid and medicare, this is only going to get worse.

People are now finding out that the insurance plans they've had for years aren't going to meet Obamacare requirements, so they are being shuffled to more expensive policy's...

It's a nightmare...

My sister is a doctor (OB), she called me today and said she had been crying since last night. She is beside herself. Now that the final nail has been driven into the US medical industry it's hit her hard.
Main issue for doctors is that they are being mandated too and regulated like never before. Most of Obamacare focuses on regulations, not the patient. That's what most people don't get. It's all about reporting back to the government. They will be determining your treatments and watching every facet of your "care".
This is scary. Take some time and dissect the bill. It's a whopper, makes our tax code look like 1st grade reading.

My sister is a doctor (OB), she called me today and said she had been crying since last night. She is beside herself. Now that the final nail has been driven into the US medical industry it's hit her hard.
Main issue for doctors is that they are being mandated too and regulated like never before. Most of Obamacare focuses on regulations, not the patient. That's what most people don't get. It's all about reporting back to the government. They will be determining your treatments and watching every facet of your "care".
This is scary. Take some time and dissect the bill. It's a whopper, makes our tax code look like 1st grade reading.

douchebag

Where has your ignorant sister been??? What do you think the HMO's and insurance companies have been doing for decades?!

Furthermore, early retirements are going to occur in mass. Watch.

wonder why they chose that profession in the first place?? Money?

I'm a medical student
Should I be questioning my career choice?

Well since you are trying to copy Sweden, here you have to wait for years for surgery unless it's vital.

In ERs you have to wait for hours.

Also you will get many unqualified doctors to fill up those that will quit, usually foreigners that don't even speak your language.

It's downhill for you from here, that's socialism, rotting you from the outside and from the inside.

My Brother called me today, he's an astronaut

My doctors are now tethered to a computer that half the time doesn't work, or loses files. Just watch there are gonna be alot of them that are gonna shut and lock their doors. When I say tethered I mean they have to drag the damn thing around with them while seeing patients. I thought one of mine was gonna cry today. This is no aunt or uncles or third hand story this is what I saw and heard myself. I hope, having cancer that I am grandfathered in as my treatment began in 2010.

I've worked in healthcare for the last 4 years in 3 different capacities and have witnessed various aspects of what Obamacare is and will be.

One of the the first things was "Meaningful Use". In short, you and I got to pay medical providers to get up to speed with Electronic Medical Records (EMR), to the tune of $18,000 per year, per physician that complied. There are many microcosms within "Meaningful Use". It forces providers to completely change how they see patients. There are dozens and dozens of "measures" that must be met, all adding up to a big pain in the ass for doctors. Meaningful Use is mandatory for any physician that wishes to accept Medicare. Guess what? Thousands of doctors are bailing on Medicare because it isn't worth the bullshit. They simply won't take Medicare any longer.

Secondly, by the time the "Cadillac" rule kicks in, about 60% of the policies out there are going to fall under that stupid fucking rule. Basically, it punishes you and me for having a real job with real benefits that we earned because we actually possess a viable skill. All "Cadillac" health plans will be hit with a 40% tax. The law passed in 2009 and they set the ceiling at that time. It doesn't actually take effect until 2019 and doesn't account for inflation. By the time it takes effect, it's going to hit a hell of a lot more people that the "Goldman Sachs" executives it was supposedly meant to target.

Tell me, all of you Obamabots; where the fuck is your free insurance from this plan? How's that workin' out for ya? Thus far, I have yet to see health insurance availability increase from this pile of shit tax-bag. Get ready for 4 more years of a dried corn cob up your ass because that's all this clown has to offer.

There is a local doctor who has been very vocal about what's coming with Obamacare. That physician reports that a survey (reputable) revealed that over *one third* of doctors are seriously considering shutting down. They will end up being forced to work for .gov, at whatever rate of pay the .gov decides they should make.

Have you forgotten that the bill lets the .gov have access to your bank accounts??

I bet you have........

Exactly. The doctors are fucking whining because they can only gouge a million dollars a year instead of three million.

douchebag

Aw fucking boo hoo doctors actually have to practice medicine. They can no longer run patients through like cattle. They can't just glance at a chart and dash off an expensive prescription. They can no longer cheat medicare. They are finally held accountable. And that what a lot of those whiney ass dotors are really complaining about.

Not sure why ANYONE would have sympathy for physicians who have been willing participants in not one, but TWO systems that are unconscionably corrupt, self-serving, and deceitful - aka: the American medical industry and big pharma.

Most doctors hate people who ask questions, they actively work to deny the fact that there are often safe alternatives, they have no compunction about prescribing drugs they KNOW are dangerous just so they can get their country club kickbacks, they push treatments on people knowing full well they will not be helped, and it is in THEIR best interest for everyone to remain borderline sick/healthy.

Whining and crying doctors? Boo-frigging-hoo.

my dad paid 70 thousand dollers in taxes this year..? obamas policies have already taken place, and by the way my dad makes just over 250,000 dollars a year, does that number ring a bell?

What's wrong with making money after you do eight years of college, internship, $500,000+ in student loans???

You damn well ought to make some money after all of that...

What are you a fuckin' Marxist Communist?!?!?

Do you really have to pay cash to get fixed in the hospital in America.

What if you are severly injured or dying and you dont have enough money to pay them, what happens, or do you have to pay first.

I'm keen to understand how the system works now, and what affect this new system will have, could someone explain for me please.

I come from a medical family as well (I'm the blacksheep banker of the bunch) and they are all extremely upset and worried about this, there are going to be a lot of unintended (at least you hope they're unintended) consequences to this boondoggle...

Community healthcare clinics are already shutting down.

There is already an extreme shortage of doctors taking medicaid and medicare, this is only going to get worse.

People are now finding out that the insurance plans they've had for years aren't going to meet Obamacare requirements, so they are being shuffled to more expensive policy's...

It's a nightmare...