UPDATE:
NEJM has bowdlerized this story. This morning, the link below went directly to data from the survey. Now it takes you to a page about physician recruitment, the second paragraph of which provides a link to The Medicus Firm, which apparently conducted the survey in December.
As Paul Hsieh noted last night, NEJM is “hardly a right-wing rag.” An understatement if ever there […]
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NEJM SURVEY: 46% OF PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS SAY OBAMACARE WILL FORCE THEM OUT OF MEDICINE
OBAMACARE: A DOCTOR’S PLEA
Dr. Marcy Zwelling does a good job of spelling out what’s on the line here. The less-than-slick delivery enhances her credibility. This is a real person who is obviously worried:
[HT John Goodman]
BRIBES FOR THE AMA AND AARP
I’ve written about this before, but the behavior of the AMA and AARP has been so cynical that the tawdry tale bears repeating. Dick Morris does a good job of summing up the blatent bribery that led to their endorsements of the fraudulent House “reform” bill that passed this weekend:
The American Medical Association (AMA) was facing a 21 percent cut in […]
AMA COLLABORATION ON OBAMACARE
My latest piece for the American Spectator outlines the history and motives behind the AMA’s quisling strategy:
The tragic irony of this cynical strategy is that it will not work. As Vidkun Quisling discovered in October of 1945, the advantages of collaboration are always short-lived. A temporary reprieve from Medicare payment cuts is all Dr. Rohack will […]
NO SOP TO CERBERUS
Harry Reid planned to pull a fast one on the American people today, but a funny thing happened on the way to cloture:
Twelve Democrats and one independent joined all 40 Senate Republicans in defeating a motion by Reid to begin debate on the doctors fix bill on Wednesday.
The “doctors fix” was really a $247 billion […]
OBAMA & THE GUYS IN WHITE COATS
In the President’s latest insult to the public’s intelligence, he lined up a bunch of shills doctors for a photo op meant to suggest that the medical community is behind Obamacare.
Unfortunately some of these pimps physicians neglected to show up wearing proper sock puppet medical attire. So, the Obots made sure they were properly dressed:
This charade […]
ZOGBY: LIKELY VOTERS OPPOSE OBAMACARE
A Zogby International poll shows that, when asked about specifics, likely voters hate Obamacare. Here are some highlights:
70% disapprove of a law requiring people to buy health insurance.
75% say taxes shouldn’t be raised to fund the public option.
78% favor tort reform to rein in frivolous medical lawsuits.
77% oppose taxing employer-provided health insurance benefits.
This is very bad news for […]
THE AMA RETHINKS ITS QUISLING STRATEGY
A few weeks ago, it looked like the AMA might collaborate with the President in his effort to dismantle U.S. health care, presumably in the hope that groveling would prevent reimbursement cuts for its membership.
But the President was playing the AMA leadership for chumps. He plans to push through the “public option” and to force doctors to participate in the program. This […]
ER OVERCROWDING & GOVT PRICE CONTROLS
Kevin Pho has a good op-ed in USA Today about ER overcrowding. He correctly points out that much of the problem can be attributed to the increasing difficulty patients have accessing primary care:
A recent study in JAMA showed that patients with health insurance were primarily responsible for the increase of emergency services over the past decade. […]
BAUCUS & THE PRIMARY CARE PROBLEM
One of the most talked about features of the health care plan just unveiled by Senator Baucus is the ostensible relief it offers for the primary care shortage:
The Baucus plan would seek a continued focus on the high value of primary care-related services, with corresponding reductions in relative values for overvalued services.
This hook was no doubt added to […]
