do US doctors like the idea of universal healthcare?

Question

how come?

Answer 1

my wife is a Ob/Gyn and a Democrat for the most part..She thinks that a government run Universal Healthcare Policy would be disaster. SHe says that the system needs tuning, but it doesnt need to completely rehauled..If anything needs to be fixed its torte reform. The average ob/gyn in Florida is shelling out $250k a year in liabiity insurance...it barely makes it possible to run a profitable business without gouging patients for labs and other procedures..Its not the be all end all, but a change in that policy would lower liabilty payments which in turn would lower the costs to patients as well.

Answer 2

Who cares if they like it or not? Insurance companies are part of the the problem, and if universal healthcare will take care of it, then fine. I saw someone respond that tort reform is the problem, whatever. I don't want to see my right to sue if a doctor malpractices which is what lawsuit reform usually is. If my children are injured or killed by a doctor's malpractice, they should not be afraid to face a courtroom.

In fact that happens all the time. My son's eye was permanently scarred when his pediatrician was too busy to see him (we requested an appt. and was told they were too busy so they phoned in drops) and prescribed the wrong eye drops for pink eye rather than the uveitis he actually suffered from. We chose not to sue though because there is only one HMO in our area, and we didn't want to have more insurance or problems getting eye care or treatment in the future, or just general treatment in the future. But if he had needed expensive eye surgery or treatment, I don't want tort reform taking away my right to get treatment that my child might need.

The real problem is insurance companies charging too much money and making too much profit. Prescription companies charging too much money and making too much profit is another huge problem. If they won't reduce prices on their own, then perhaps universal healthcare is one possible option.

Answer 3

Some do and those mostly are Socialistic Doctors that have an HMO mentality because they are sub-human. The other independent ones know it is impossible to have universal protocol because we cannot treat everyone the same way with the same pills because we differ so much with our metabolisims. It is too questionable. Those that do are from the 25th unrealistic century that lives like the Jetsons, Far Fetched, and Far Out. The insurance companies are the problem they exclude medicines that cure the disease because they cost too much money ??
But you have to pay your premium, like that isn't too much money??
The insurance company acts like they are paying for it and they are not. If we get rid of them as the governing of policies of health care and put the doctors in charge of the patience and what they need rather than a pencil pushing insurance person who excludes certain health care without a medical license. You see Insurance companies hire these HMO type nurses and doctors who are playing God and cut costs by telling a person they won't pay for the treatment because it is too costly. Insurance company is not paying, all the subscribers are. The insurance companies invest the money in other investments into the stock markets to make these billionaire owners and the stock holders money on their dividends. They caught the President of Blue Cross and Blue Shield Dec, 1981 for mismanagement of 13 million dollars he lost in the stock market of our money. Subsequently they raised the premiums the next 6 mos. he should have gone to jail, we never got the 13 million back spread out amongst our patrons for health care either. As long as we let these insurance companies who are in league with Congress step all over us in health care and take our rights as well, No the doctors will not agree to improper health care at least not the ones I work with. Amen

Answer 4

Of course they wouldn't like it. They wouldn't get paid the outrageous amounts of money that not even their 8-12 years of education justify. With the health-care system the way it is now, doctors could essentially demand whatever salary they wanted and get it. The drug companies are already doing it with prescription meds ($1,000 a month for some *******' pills?). Might as well save the money for your kids' inheritance and let yourself kick the bucket. And medical-expense lists you see for a check-up or sick exam or emergency-room visit are so long and absurd you could never even tell or find out what all the charges are _for_.

Do you think _any_ doctor is so indispensible to society that s/he should be paid such ever-increasing, astronomical amounts? I think not. Nurses do most of their work, anyway, and are some of the most underappreciated workers around.

Answer 5

NO.

Because American doctors make $ 300,000+ a year by rationing out health care to the highest bidder. The present system pays doctors a hell of a lot of money, and leaves about half the US population chronically underserved.

Universal health insurance would cut into the profits of the doctors - they'd no longer be able to have summer houses and Mercedez Benzes, and that would make them very sad!

But it would be great for working class Americans!

Answer 6

I suppose it would depend on how its done. I dont think based on just saying universal healthcare you could give a solid answer.

But there is a reason alot of doctors come to the USA from other countries to work.

Answer 7

Thats not a simple question to answer. I think most doctors really want to be able to help people and not be prevented from doing so by a faulty system that leaves so many without care they need. I also think that doctors might be apprehensive of a system that creates controls that might limit the quality of care. Its complex, but I think most doctors are ready to see changes that address both aspects.

Answer 8

NO... i cant speak for all dock's but as a care receiver, socialized medicine is a train wreck for medicine all the way around not only for the doctors but patients as well and it's just another form of government induced slavery to the system freedom of choice is lost!...

Answer 9

The majority no. They have spent hundreds of thousands of dollars getting their education, and their time for 8-12 years, then along comes the government that wants to put caps on what they can make.

Answer 10

So now all doctors think alike?