Further to my report about doctor shortages under government health coverage:
Unsaid with all the talk about government health coverage is the fact we have a shortage of doctors, particularly in primary care. This gets worse every year. Moreover, this occurs most rapidly where the government restricts their income and adds to the workload.While the Obama administration’s health insurance planning has doctors still subject to any alleged tort malfeasance.
Massachusetts, for example, covers 97% of its residents with enforced coverage, but it does not have enough doctors to accommodate the added insured put into the system. The average wait time to see a primary care MD is up to from 36 to 50 days. Yet, the state happens to have more of these doctors than others.
Furthermore, the shortage is expected to get worse through out the country, as doctor income is pressured downward, while workloads go up.
Doctors start careers in heavy debt and it is becoming more and more impossible for them to recoup that burden with present political thinking in this country.
Universal health care planning loses lots of its common sense when it comes to doctor employment. Without enough competent doctors, the best planning is useless.
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