How does obama care, now that it passed the supreme court affect optometry in terms of pay ? I researched this on the forum and found stuff from a long time ago. Anyone who understands care to explain?
How does obama care, now that it passed the supreme court affect optometry in terms of pay ? I researched this on the forum and found stuff from a long time ago. Anyone who understands care to explain?
How does obama care, now that it passed the supreme court affect optometry in terms of pay ? I researched this on the forum and found stuff from a long time ago. Anyone who understands care to explain?
How does obama care, now that it passed the supreme court affect optometry in terms of pay ? I researched this on the forum and found stuff from a long time ago. Anyone who understands care to explain?
I predict it will be bad for optometry and all of health care. Obama has tried to revamp the health care system without taking care of the # 1 issue: Self responsiblity. We can't just let people eat themselves to morbid obesity, smoke 10 packs of cigs a day, eat bacon 3 meals a day for years and then tell them they have a free ticket to any and all doctors and medicines they need for the rest of their fat-ass life. This is EXACTLY what we do for welfare losers right now and the system is terrible abused.
Same with fools that skydive, ride motorcycles or do other high-risk activities. They should have to pay extra for their risky lifestyle.
Any other way to pass out health care simply will not work. We all see welfare patients drive up in Escalades and Mercedes to get their free exam and glasses. Happens all the time. I just had a welfare patient tell me she needs her Medicaid glasses back quickly because she and her family were going to Hawaii on vacation. I'll bet every doctor on the SDN could tell you how the welfare system is abused daily.
A law set up to help ends up being abused 80% of the time because most people always take the path of least resistance.
So I predict, ODs will be busier...........but not being paid more. The $80 exam will become the $40 exam. So you will see double the number of patients (with no bathroom break) for the same money.
Perhaps, since Obama likes unions so much, he will let doctors form unions for the first time and protest our right to fair pay. But I don't see that happening.