Obamacare Rips Doctor-Patient Relationship Apart

Unless this legislation is repealed and replaced with fiscally responsible, patient-centered policy, the relationship between patients and their physicians will never be the same.

Ensnared by mountains of detail and overwhelmed by months of endless rhetoric, America never fully understood the profound historical context of the current health care debate. The untold story is that on Tuesday, with the stroke of a pen, President Obama ushered America into an age of post-Hippocratic medicine. Unless this legislation is repealed and replaced with fiscally responsible, patient-centered policy, the relationship between patients and their physicians will never be the same.

With disturbing consistency, the sweep of history reveals that physicians have served one of only two possible roles in society—there is no third alternative. Physicians either follow Hippocrates, remaining free to serve the well-being of the individual patient, or they follow Plato and become servants of the State, compelled to guard the “greater good” of society. This is the battle of our time.

Government compassion sounds so noble, but we cannot escape the fact that whoever pays holds the power to choose. It is here that Washington’s utopian plan falls short. When Washington gains control over the American health care dollar, physicians become employees of the State. When the “collective good” trumps the well-being of the individual patient, the physician’ loyalties become divided.

Well, no, it certainly doesn't. You must be aware of the poll of doctors that said 46% would retire if the bill was passed. Even if only 10% retire that would be a problem. Add to that the alleged 30 million uninsured receiving insurance even if it has to be subsidized. I heard a Democrat apologist on Fox say that "there won't be more people getting care, they already get care through charity services, ..." (I thought their talking point was that 45,000 per year die because they don't get care??? anyway...) "they will just be insured now."

She was basically right, almost everybody does get care now. But! those who get care through charity, emergency rooms, Medicare, Medicaid, etc, are limited in how much they can take advantage of that. With full insurance they can schedule appts for anything their little hearts desire. The will be just like "rich" people who can go to the doctor or clinic anytime they want to. Or so they will think. A lot of people who paid out of pocket or had limited private insurance will also feel that they are now free and entitled to see a doctor/clinic/whatever as often as they like. Every hypochondriac in the country will be in seventh heaven.

I expect that once the program gets going they will lower standards and increase subsidies for everyone and anyone to get into health care. Given the time it takes to educate new health care workers, particularly doctors, I also expect a big push to import foreign help.

But! those who get care through charity, emergency rooms, Medicare, Medicaid, etc,

I volunteer at a free local clinic as a triage nurse. I had a patient last week seeking treatment for some serious chronic ailments who....wait for i..., still goes to the tanning bed and had some very lovely breast implants that I had to put a 12-lead EKG monitor around. She finds the funds for tanning, because I suspect she is chronically tan, but she cannot find the monthly premiums for healthcare. I said “girllll, you almost dark as me!”. She giggled and said, “yes, I went to the beds this morning.” This lady and many like her who don’t really prioritize properly, is who will be covered under Obamacare.

I said “girllll, you almost dark as me!”

ROTFLOL That ... is ... funny.

Aye yai yai! the things we do for vanity's sake. It is really something that so many people can bemoan their "poverty" in America when the average person enjoys luxuries that would blow the minds of Emperors of old. That is not to say that poverty does not exist here but ... the priorities of a lot of us is jaw dropping.

I don't want to leave you with the feeling that all is lost. It's not my intention to be discouraging. Especially since you're a healer. Law now or not there are still many hurdles before this legislation is reality. But it's an evil. An evil on our liberties, our economy and to our health care system. I just see no redeeming value in it and have to speak out against it as much as I can.

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