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Prescription for Disaster?

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Prescription for Disaster?

Published: Sat, 31 Oct 2009

Description: Will Pelosi's health care bill hurt young doctors?

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" House Speaker Nancy Pelosi just unveiled the house's final version of the health care bill and it included a government run. Insurance option many doctors are concerned about the negative impact this could have on their careers the medical profession as a whole and the quality of care that you."

" The patient received one of those doctors is Jayson -- photo many specializes in internal medicine says the bill. Is a prescription for disaster Jason good morning to you -- so why did doctors like yourself. -- not like this health care reform."

" Sheriff well now I've been right on 1900 page -- I would factor side but I guess you know Nancy Pelosi hasn't either so it's probably okay. This bill Obama care Pelosi Harry Reid care whatever you wanna call it's going to be brutal for does that -- and fought. And it transcends dollars and -- it's gonna strip physicians and our economy. It's gonna drown them in bureaucracy. -- them in paperwork and it's really gonna saw the remaining -- then the remaining satisfaction out of the field. And what's gonna happen as. This is -- bright young talented people. From pursuing not a sand wall all their doctors are gonna retire they're gonna close shop and say no thank you so it's gonna."

" But see here's the flip side -- is -- more patients in the system if you're adding millions more patients in the system -- doctors let yourself be more in demand that's good for business. --"

" The bureaucracy. The paperwork gets really you know not gonna be good and basically what's gonna happen as you're as you said you're gonna have more patients and assist on. You're gonna have any increase the man. We are also gonna have a decreased supply of providers. And it really is a prescription for disaster and there's no question these bills are bad for doctor it's bad for physicians but ultimately. It's always going to be it but he sent who suffers the most suitcases the restricted access. The long way it's the -- and Karen."

" We're already short primary care doctors in -- country what will happen. In the way of a primary care I mean you guys graduate with an average of -- 140000. Dollars debt. For medical school so what's going to happen under health care reform. There with this tremendous need for more primary care docs."

" Yeah I mean it's crazy mr. Obama talked so much about -- an increase in number. -- terrorism but this is not the way to do it I think there we need -- solutions access to empower -- sense to put patients in charge but. Just giving more power to mr. Obama and his army of bureaucrats. You know is not the way to go and I think one of the main problems. With the Obama approach is that it doesn't address the problem the problem in Madison today. -- two -- government. Not to at all and furthermore just for the very -- and that somehow. On Medicare. Is believe error and cost saved game is just you know fairly ridiculous it's 37 trillion dollars in unfunded liabilities as well lid on the show we talk about some alternative plans -- until then Jason Furman thanks for coming and giving us your perspective I think if I have NN your."

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