Many doctors will opt out of being Obama's slave

• 7/27, "Many doctors do not want to be Obama's slaves"

"Grace-Marie Turner wrote a good summary of doctor’s reaction to the onslaught of ObamaCare for The Orange County Register. Here is a summary of her summary:

• 28% of seniors had trouble finding a primary care doctor in 2008 compared to 24% in 2007.
• Only 38% of primary care doctors in Texas will take a new Medicare patient.
• The Mayo Clinic has stopped taking Medicare patients at several locations.
• The postponed 21% cut in doctor payments, will now have to be 30% in January.
• The American Osteopathic Association says only 40% of doctors will be able to continue seeing Medicare patients after the cut occurs because they will lose money on each patient.
• ObamaCare requires a big investment in information technology.
• ObamaCare requires more paperwork and cookbook medicine, eliminating individual tailoring.
• A simple error can result in a $10,000 fine.
• 70 million Baby Boomers are about to go on Medicare.
• The American Association of Medical Colleges projects a 150,000 shortfall of doctors by 2025.
• Longer waits for treatment and more emergency room visits will result.
• There is no increase in the number of residencies to train more physicians.
• 13% of internists will not treat Medicare patients at all.
• A financial planner with many doctor clients says half of them want to retire in 2013, just before the worst of ObamaCare takes effect in 2014.

Posted by Charles R. Anderson, Ph.D. at Tuesday, July 27, 2010"

• from Monty Pelerin's World

For the above reasons alone, Obama's plan could not possibly work. Doctors are not slaves. We may vote in new people who may or may not feel motivated to repeal the plan. ed....

• 7/28, "THE CURRENT SITUATION IS ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS BECAUSE THE RULING CLASS IS CORNERED." Pelerin, American Thinker,

"We are ruled by a political class that lacks ethics, integrity, and ability. We are lied to daily. We are not in an economic recovery. The financial crisis is not over. The reality is that the economy and financial system are in worse trouble today than they were two years ago. We have not seen anything yet compared to what lies ahead!

• The current situation is especially dangerous because the ruling class is cornered.

The economy has been pushed into a grave as a result of elitists spending money they didn't have, making promises they couldn't keep, and expanding government into areas where it does not belong. After fifty-plus years of abuse, the golden goose is on its deathbed.

• It is so laced with toxic debt, regulations, and cynicism that a normal cure is impossible."...