Do you think Universal Health Care will cut the amount of students working towards an M.D.?
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I have to say that one of the most scary parts about the whole deal is this health care system will put the government in control of doctors wages... What happens to the doctors if this fails like it has shown to fail in the past?
I also dislike the idea of non med doctors who think they know what is best for the future of health care. I'll 100% agree with generic medicines, but it's a sad country when we choose the generic doctor approach.
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Yup. Think postal doctors. Do you want a government worker holding the scalpel?
And the real problem is that all the would-be doctors will end up in law school. All we need is more lawyers.
Doctors fees are already controlled by insurance companies...
Not only that, but there would be no money to educate people to become physicians. All other social programs would suffer, the money would have to come from somewhere, grants for education would become limited.
What's really scary is that people want to entrust the federal government with health care. I'd rather not get care in a hospital with mold, rats and falling ceilings as is the standard for the existing federal health care system (VA hospitals).
Healthcare is a business...and doctors are not businessmen. Therefore, I don't think that doctors are the best individuals to determine the future of healthcare in any country.
And respectfully, I suggest you research more about the Universal Healthcare approach...there is no such thing as a generic doctor.
I believe that the best doctors are those who enter into the field because they want to help and heal.not make gobs of money. If you truly have the calling, you should applaud the notion that ALL people will have equal access to healthcare, not just those who have the financial means to afford it...
This is another instance of the government putting band-aids on problems instead of fixing the route of the problem. I know that there is some countless millions of Americans without health care - but why is that? Because it is too expensive. But why is it too expensive? Because of lobbyists, insurance companies and pharmaceutical companies. So instead of fixing the corruption, they will attempt to fix a symptom of the corruption...
But why would anyone think any less of our Big Daddy? It is a money and power hungry entity that would not benefit from fixing the problems at hand. But it will benefit by controlling more of our daily lives and money.
So to answer your question - yes I think it will affect the people who consider entering the medical profession. Possibly to the point where the requirements and testing will be lowered. Scary...
Of course it will. Who in their right mind would train for medical school only to become a government doctor?
as it is, the government only allows so many to become doctors any way. why do you think there are so few medical schools in the united states and its so hard to get into one? government controls everything we do.
What happens to anything when the Govt. gets involved? Private heath care will always be the best way . So keep the Clintons out of my heath care system.
THE ANSWER IS YES!
THE QUALITY OF DOCTORS IN AMERICA WOULD DECREASE DRASTICALLY BECAUSE THERE WOULD BE NO INCENTIVE TO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND OTHER DOCTORS.
COUNTRIES WHO HAVE FREE HEALTH CARE, ALSO HAVE PRIVATE HOSPITALS BECAUSE PEOPLE CAN WAIT MONTHS AND MONTHS FOR AN IMPORTANT SURGERY!
You mean cut it more. Yes. Edwards & his fellow ambulance chasers have already drivin a lot of people away from medicine.
Universal health care will not work in a democracy such as ours. You can not force doctors to join the system. it will be unionized labor with price controls on the doctors. Forget about it.
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