This is no surprise to this retired physician. But it seems to be a bit of a surprise to the R.N. who wrote the article. Obamacare will drive primary care physicians to concierge practice, but this article fails to point this out.
It’s very, very sad, but the day will soon come when doctors are compelled by the government to practice medicine as the government sees fit.
Even just quitting the practice of medicine will be illegal without gov OK.
Doctors will even have to get permission to move to a new location, or to leave the country.... I know it sounds crazy but unless something happens to change our direction this is what will happen.
It also fails to point out that all those new Government doctors that are needed for “free health-care” will be recruited from the top 10-20% of the Acme Meat Cutting School...Of course they'll also have to graduate from the Government School of Practicing Physicians after a grueling 8 week course of study, which the poor will affectionately call “Quack School”
Will a concierge Doctor be able to request tests and get a hospital bed for a patient. I see this type of medicine being banned or restricted to the elites. A perq of working for someone is membership in a "health club" or companies hire/rent an in house doctor.