Thursday, August 6, 2009

No Doctors? - No Care

More "fishy" information...

This is an excellent article. Be sure and read the comments - many of them from other doctors. I did some quick math on the annual income of one of the doctors that commented to come up with the rough figure of $68.00 for his hourly earnings. That is only slightly more than the hourly wage of a unionized auto industry worker. Even my hubby is paid $40.00 per hour for a music lesson.

No sane person would spend more than 10 years of his life and hundreds of thousands of dollars to earn $68.00 per hour. The rationing of care will come about not only by what the government will allow, but also by the lack of medical professionals.

ObamaCare and me
By Zane F Pollard, MD

I have been sitting quietly on the sidelines watching all of this national debate on healthcare. It is time for me to bring some clarity to the table by explaining many of the problems from the perspective of a doctor. read the rest