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I was talking to one of the OB residents, and he was thinking that all this mess will work itself out in the next 7-10 years, and that OBGYN will see a resurgence in popularity.
I figure the pendulum has to swing back towards sanity at some point. With enough OBs leaving the "bad" states (OH, WV, PA, FL, etc), there will soon be some serious access-to-care issues which should generate considerable pressure on the state legislators to take action.
Now, I don't know what this action will be. Could be a "loser pays" system, maybe caps, maybe a separate medical court (at least for screening cases). Again, I can't guess as to what the solutions will be. But, when enough patients are inconvenienced by having to drive 2 hours for OB care....or God forbid some bad outcomes...there will eventually be enough pressure on the state legislators that SOMETHING will have to be done.
People ain't gonna stop having babies. And with the exception of a few whackjobs on this forum, MOST people will want OB care for their pregnancies.
With that said, it seems pretty evident that this problem will be at least partially solved in a few years. Physician-unfriendly states can't afford to keep losing OBs (and other docs w/ high PLI rates) to neighboring states w/ more sensible laws.
I'm curious to hear people's thoughts on this.
I figure the pendulum has to swing back towards sanity at some point. With enough OBs leaving the "bad" states (OH, WV, PA, FL, etc), there will soon be some serious access-to-care issues which should generate considerable pressure on the state legislators to take action.
Now, I don't know what this action will be. Could be a "loser pays" system, maybe caps, maybe a separate medical court (at least for screening cases). Again, I can't guess as to what the solutions will be. But, when enough patients are inconvenienced by having to drive 2 hours for OB care....or God forbid some bad outcomes...there will eventually be enough pressure on the state legislators that SOMETHING will have to be done.
People ain't gonna stop having babies. And with the exception of a few whackjobs on this forum, MOST people will want OB care for their pregnancies.
With that said, it seems pretty evident that this problem will be at least partially solved in a few years. Physician-unfriendly states can't afford to keep losing OBs (and other docs w/ high PLI rates) to neighboring states w/ more sensible laws.
I'm curious to hear people's thoughts on this.