Gil White wrote:
And where are they going to go? Some of the older one's might retire
and become cruise ship physicians but most of them are too
comfortable.
In many part of the country, there is already a shortage of doctors. My generation was the last generation where there were still some folks going into medicine for its altruistic benefits. Mostly, people wanted to make money. It is the same with law school...only the naive want to go to law school to defend the poor-mostly they go because they know attorneys make good money. In the last few decades, medical school has added courses in business, insurance, malpractice, etc. It is a major wet blanket. It would be interesting to see how many M.D.'s now go into research instead of practice. (That is what I intended to do many years ago-I wanted to work for the CDC) Even that, in this day and age, is not pure science, but science based on greed and grant funding, etc. I have friends who are physicians, and many are talking of retiring early. Others will become corporate or personal physicians where there is little risk of personal lawsuits. I'm sure some may go into research or even change specialities. Then, there will be a shortage of physicians.
No worries though...there are already, and will be more programs that encourage people to go into medicine...low interest loans, grants based on service of a certain location for a certain period of time, etc.
I'm not a big fan of government involvment, but once they step in
they have to look at both sides. Providing subsidized health care
without controlling what doctors and specialists can charge will end
up subsidizing the medical profession at the expense of the tax
payers.
You have just described what is wrong with government involvement in this country. They don't look at both sides(only the side of business) and everything here is subsidized at the expense of the tax payers, to the extreme that future generations will be paying for bailouts and subsidies. Meanwhile, Goldman Sachs gets their 11 BILLION dollar bonuses on our grandchildren's money, for at least the second year in a row.
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