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Originally posted by sulaw
So who else out there has been noticing Doctor's abandoning ship before the Sails of Obamacare take full wind?
Originally posted by Wrabbit2000
If people are having trouble with pain management all the sudden....that's also Obamacare and/or federal dictates. NO ONE among my wife's medical "team" would address or talk to us about why she's being put through what she is regarding chronic pain management.....until I talked to him, as a friend and not a patient. I don't blame doctors for pulling the plug personally. I'm awfully glad I don't have 6 figure student loan debt for an M.D. that is nothing like what Doctors today went into medicine for.edit on 5-2-2013 by Wrabbit2000 because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Wrabbit2000
Her current ones also have changed their attitude on a number of things without explanation offered or given in any sensible way when asked. Almost vicious on some points of care and approach.
forbes.com
ObamaCare will worsen the current physician shortage. The law will also drive physicians to become hospital employees or to join large Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs), where their treatment decisions will be monitored with mandatory electronic medical records. Government and private insurers will increasingly link payments to adherence to “comparative effectiveness” practice guidelines.
Physicians will face significant conflicts-of-interest when their patients might benefit from treatments outside the guidelines, but the physician risks nonpayment (or losing his ACO contract) as a result.
They told me to just meditate and do yoga, and have repeatedly tried putting me on anti-depressants ( ) saying that it would help dramatically with the pain that they also said they dont believe exists ( ).