cnn.com - 11/18/2008
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Experts say if many physicians stop practicing, it could be devastating to the health care industry.
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Half of primary-care doctors in survey would leave medicine
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News —
... which they charge patients a yearly fee up front and don't take insurance. ...One of President-elect Barack Obama's health care promises is to provide a primary care physician for every American. But some health experts, including Pocinki, are skeptical. "People who have insurance can't find a doctor, so suddenly we are going to give insurance to a whole bunch of people who haven't had it, without increasing the number of physicians?" he says. "It's going to be a problem." Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/11/17/primary.care.docto... My family's primary care physician ...
Medicine in the Era of Big Government
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... There’s also a problem with the G.P.-as-gatekeeper strategy that may not have been taken into account: Almost half of U.S. primary care physicians would change professions if they had an alternative. ...
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