What If No Doctor Will See You?

Townhall.com ^ | December 14, 2013 | John C. Goodman

[P.O.E.]

Just like liberal’s access to all the chi-chi nightclubs.

It will be by invitation only - with a very menacing bouncer - with a shroud and scythe for those not deemed fit to join.

[C210N]

“If you like your doctor AND your doctor likes you, you can keep your doctor”... The new ‘Rat mantra.

[SunkenCiv]

Wait, that *was* what they wanted, right?

By the campaign season in 2014, Obamacare will have been rebranded as a Republican Idea. Cue the “memory hole” scene in 1984.

Thanks Kaslin.

[oh8eleven]

For example, the average wait to see a new family doctor in this country is just under three weeks. But in Boston, with ObamaCare-type reform, the wait is about two months.
I refuse to believe both stats are real - three weeks to see a doctor? Ridiculous. But two months? Absurd.
Sorry, but as much as I detest and abhor Øbama(no)Care, this entire article reeks of Chicken Little.

[JRandomFreeper]

The GOP in the House did just fund Obamacare for the next 2 years. They do own it.

/johnny

[mountaineer1997]

Note about the $1500-2500 concierge fee to keep a doctor.

That is $1500-2500 each and every year, not a one time fee.

I had paid once, then found out it was recurring, and had to quit...Now I have a Nurse Practitioner who does a better job anyway.

[Izzy Dunne]

three weeks to see a doctor? Ridiculous. But two months? Absurd.

--- They're talking about new patients.

[Diogenesis]

[Vinnie]

That is $1500-2500 each and every year, not a one time fee.

Bummer, I was all excited about the prospects.
I had to find a new GP and when I mentioned Medicare, I received a 'no' everywhere I tried.
My wife's Dr. took me as a courtesy or I don't know what I would have done.

BTW, most of my specialists have retired this year. Hmmmm.

[SunkenCiv]

They funded it because it hasn’t been repealed. It’s not theirs, they don’t own it.

[JRandomFreeper]

They had the choice to fund it or not. They did. They own it.

/johnny

[oh8eleven]

They're talking about new patients.
What's the difference? If you're sick, you're sick.

[SunkenCiv]

Wrong again.

[JRandomFreeper]

Since it's how I think about what happened, it can't be wrong. I'm not the only one that thinks that way.

In the minds of many voters, the GOP owns it since they funded it.

Too bad you don't like that some people see it that way.

/johnny

[DeaconRed]

"WHAT IF NO DOCTOR WILL SEE YOU?"

YOU DIE! ! ! ! ! (As planned by ZERO)

[Uncle Chip]

What If No Doctor Will See You?

So What???

Atleast you have insurance.

[bill1952]

You think that is bad?
My wife works in healthcare. Florida.
4 to 5 MONTHS is very common for a specialist referral for those on medicaid - and in some fields, specialists don’t see any such patients at all. Zero.

[Jane Long]

The GOP in the House did just fund Obamacare for the next 2 years. They do own it.

They funded it because it hasn’t been repealed. It’s not theirs, they don’t own it.

The GOP House holds the purse strings. They JUST FUNDED 0Care. They DO own it, now....and EVERY Dim will broadcast this fact, at every opportunity.

Do you honestly think the Pubbies will be out front and center, 24/7, convincing the American people that they "funded 0Care, because it hasn't been repealed, but...it's NOT ours"? Even if Boehner cries while saying this, NO ONE will believe him.

[Standing Wolf]

When demand exceeds supply, doctors have a great deal of flexibility about who they see and when they see them.

I'm surprised representatives of the Democratic [sic] party haven't simply repealed the laws of supply and demand.

By the way, Sunday is Double Double Dessert Dessert Day Day. If you're late, there won't be any left.