Of course, that would be your solution - force them to take it so either they 1) close up shop since they're in the red, 2) go direct pay and leave the system altogether, or 3) become a private hospital.
Universal health care is a joke. I'd bet if you went to live in one of those countries, you'd be running back here very quickly.
I am more than happy for midlevels to take all the Medicaid and Obamacare exchange patients. Unfortunately for your diabolical plan, PAs and NPs reject Medicaid at the same if not higher rates than physicians. Seems like they aren't interested in indentured servitude either. Pity.
Yeah a "potential" solution with disastrous consequences making access even worse. Congrats.
Maybe we should just force the PAs and NPs to take only Medicaid patients.
I would say that applies to you on the entire topic.
So your solution is to force people to do what's not in their best interest... because it's in someone else's best interest?
Yeah, they also can't pay their bills without going bankrupt and having to shut their lights off. Has nothing to do with being greedy.
What could go wrong?
So much for my head "exploding". Your statement on NPs and PAs taking up the slack fell thru.
Yeah, how dare these greedy doctors want to pay back their loans and feed and clothe themselves when there are so many other people who can't?
What do you mean force physician to accept it? You can not be serious!
Or even pay overhead: utility, practice managers, billers, etc. There is no way you can have an entire practice of all Medicaid/Obamacare Exchange patients. Your practice would go into bankruptcy bc you can't pay your bills.
He's a Matt Yglesias in training.
Yeah, this is why obamacare is going to fail miserably. No one will want to see these patients and they will have nowhere to go despite Obama promising everyone healthcare.
They already are: doctors aren't taking new Medicare patients, or any Medicaid patients and Obamacare exchange plans have such narrow networks that no respectable hospital accepts it.
Exactly - the whole thing is blowing up right in Obama's face, but what does he care, he's out of here pretty soon.
You can count me out. How about you and your like-minded friends just open up a medicaid-only practice yourself since you believe so strongly? Don't force it on the rest of us.
And we're finally finding out "what's in it". Luckily after the VA scandal, any credible talk about single payer (which is what the VA is) is effectively over.
Sorry, but apparently, healthcare systems aren't playing ball. You'll have to find much better reasoning than that it's for the common good. Physicians and hospitals have an allergy to going bankrupt.
You didn't hear? His solution is paying higher taxes. Yup, that's the whole solution.
You didn't expect him to actually think through a solution, did you? He should just hold a sign that says, TAKE MY MONEY.
Oh no, when it comes to him, he doesn't want to pay. He'll find a million loopholes. He just wants everyone else to pay.
Is anything the government does good for anyone? (other than the ones gaming the system, of course)
but, everyone should chip in their fair share. why should warren buffet pay less in income taxes than his secretary? I mean, people need that government honey that they don't deserve because it is the right thing to do, even if it doesn't make any financial sense and it will bankrupt our country.
Your entire way of thinking is a pipe dream. You should run for AMSA President, @jonnythan. Just try not to be a complete hypocrite. Oops, too late.
Yup, he wants to raise income tax on everyone else, bc most of his salary isn't thru income but capital gains.
The "fair share" thing has been debunked. You're including money that was already taxed. You want him to pay twice as much tax?
I agree. The govenrment paints physicians out to be these money hungry people and uses that to specifically assault physicians with public support. The public isn't going to complain because the "overpaid" physician got a pay cut.
