Posted on 12/02/2015 12:21:35 PM PST by SeekAndFind
A narrow majority of physicians say Obamacare has a negative impact on medical practice, including on the quality and cost of health care, according to a report from the Journal of the American Medical Association.
The report found that 52 percent of physicians look on Obamacare as unfavorable to the general medical situation, while 48 percent say it is favorable.
According to the report, 36 percent of physicians said the Affordable Care Act had a negative impact on the medical practice overall. Only 23 percent said it had a positive impact. Thirty-one percent physicians said the healthcare law had no impact, and 9 percent said they were not sure if it had an impact.
Twenty-five percent of doctors said that Obamacare had a negative impact on the quality of patient care, while only 18 percent said it had a positive impact. Thirty-five percent said the healthcare law had a negative impact on the ability to meet patient demand, and only 10 percent said it had a positive impact in this regard.
Finally, 44 percent of physicians said Obamacare had a negative impact on the cost of patient health care and only 21 percent said it had a positive impact.
"There is frustration about higher cost to patients, out-of-pocket costs, and many high deductible plans," said Dr. Wanda Filer, president of the American Academy of Family Physicians. "Also, it is some patients' first time having insurance and they are facing premiums and deductibles and not sure how it works and some have to educate patients."
When it came to access to health care and insurance across the country, more physicians were positive about the health law's impact. Forty-eight percent of physicians said they had positive feelings about Obamacare in this regard, and only 24 percent reported a negative impression.
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It’s a mess and a disaster!
But, a very FAIR mess and disaster :-)
I work in Healthcare IT. I’m not sure from whence they drew this sample for the survey...the sentiment among doctors here in the Southeastern US is 90-95% based on my observations and conversations I have overheard.
These must be the “doctors” who appeared at the white house to endorse the legislation back in 2010. In other words, extras from an episode of Greys Anatomy.
The other half of the doctors are moonbat liberals.
And my doctors have emphatically told me the AMA does not represent them. They knew Obamacare would be a disaster and they curse it every day.
And no doubt 100% Democrats who don't want to say anything negative about Obama. Or they are afraid to say anything negative about Obama and/or Obamacare because, as we all know, that would be racist. I suspect that the stat if honestly reported is far lower than 18% claiming a positive impact.
There's that mysterious 23% again.
Amazing how often it pops up. No matter what Obutthole does, that 23% is always there for the bassturd.
I met a very bright young man who dropped out of med school after it passed.
That’s exactly what Obama wants, people to hate ObamaCare so much they will literally beg for single-payer.
And the other half have yet to be busted for Medicare fraud.
In other words it is working out exactly as planned. The law was written to crash the entire system in ten years and usher in the glorious single payer system. Half way there. There is no way on earth Obama is going to allow a republican to win.
doctors all over the country are quitting private practice because it’s too damned complicated and expensive and too risky for them to continue under obummercare- and they are moving into hospitals and larger practices to get out from under the restraints- many more doctors are simply refusing medicare patients and those without private healthcare
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