{"id":522664,"date":"2010-04-10T01:12:04","date_gmt":"2010-04-10T05:12:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.szone.us\/f95\/side-effects-doctor-participation-may-vary-42105\/"},"modified":"2010-04-10T01:12:04","modified_gmt":"2010-04-10T05:12:04","slug":"side-effects-doctor-participation-may-vary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/522664","title":{"rendered":"Side Effects: Doctor Participation May Vary"},"content":{"rendered":"
On 04.09.10 02:00 PM posted by Richard Sherwood<\/p>\n

\n<ahref="http:\/\/blog.heritage.org\/tag\/side-effects\/">\"\"<\/p>In recent years, the United States has faced a growing <ahref="http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/2008\/12\/02\/health-doctor-shortage-forbeslife-cx_rr_1202health.html">shortage of physicians.* Under Obamacare, it will only get worse. <ahref="http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/ap\/20100328\/ap_on_he_me\/us_med_healthbeat_primary_care">Industry experts predict a 40,000 shortfall in doctors over the next decade<\/p>\n

There are two factors at play here.* First, the <ahref="http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/ap\/20100328\/ap_on_he_me\/us_med_healthbeat_primary_care">existing supply of primary care physicians will not be able to keep up with the increased demand posed by millions of newly-covered patients.* Second, and even more alarming, many physicians feel compelled to <ahref="http:\/\/www.cnsnews.com\/news\/article\/62812">voluntarily leave the profession when the bill starts to affect their practices.<\/p>\n

Call it a double-edged sword on physician supply.* It creates demand for more physicians as it encourages doctors to leave the profession entirely. *Under Obamacare, physician workload is expected to increase, even as federal health programs cut reimbursement rates for the docs.* \u0093Work more for less\u0094 is not a slogan calculated to attract more workers to the field or improve the quality of care.<spanid="more-30753"><\/span><\/p>\n

<ahref="http:\/\/www.cnsnews.com\/news\/article\/62812">According to a recent study conducted by Medicus Firm, a physician consulting group, over 29 percent of 1,200 doctors surveyed said that they would leave the medical profession or retire early if Obamacare were enacted.* Nearly two-thirds (63 percent) said they would not recommend their profession in the wake of the new law.<\/p>\n

Medicus Managing Director <ahref="http:\/\/www.cnsnews.com\/news\/article\/62812">Kevin Perpetua remarked:<\/p>\n

The overwhelming prediction from physicians is that health reform, if implemented inappropriately, could create a detrimental combination of circumstances, and result in an environment in which it is not possible for most physicians to continue practicing medicine\u0085Health-care reform and increasing government control of medicine may be the final straw that causes the physician workforce to break down.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

A physician shortage will undermine the bill\u0092s entire premise of extending and improving coverage to all Americans.* Shortages hinder patient access to care and can reduce the quality of care given by overextended physicians.<\/p>\n

The new health care law extends health coverage to millions\u0085 on paper.* But given the law\u0092s disincentives for physicians, patients may find it harder and harder to find doctor.* And those who do may find longer waiting times and much less time with the doctor in the examining room.<\/p>\n

For more information on health reforms that won\u0092t <\/i>create such problems, <ahref="http:\/\/thf_media.s3.amazonaws.com\/2008\/pdf\/bg2128.pdf">click here.<\/p>\n

Rick Sherwood currently is a member of the Young Leaders Program at the Heritage Foundation. For more information on interning at Heritage, please visit: <ahref="http:\/\/www.heritage.org\/About\/Internships-Young-Leaders\/The-Heritage-Foundation-Internship-Program">http:\/\/www.heritage.org\/About\/Intern…rnship-Program<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n

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On 04.09.10 02:00 PM posted by Richard Sherwood <ahref="http:\/\/blog.heritage.org\/tag\/side-effects\/"><\/p>In recent years, the United States has faced a growing <ahref="http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/2008\/12\/02\/health-doctor-shortage-forbeslife-cx_rr_1202health.html">shortage of physicians.* Under Obamacare, it will only get worse. <ahref="http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/ap\/20100328\/ap_on_he_me\/us_med_healthbeat_primary_care">Industry experts predict a 40,000 shortfall in doctors over the next decade There are two factors at play here.* First, the <ahref="http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/ap\/20100328\/ap_on_he_me\/us_med_healthbeat_primary_care">existing supply of primary care physicians […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4292,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-522664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522664","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4292"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=522664"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522664\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=522664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=522664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=522664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}