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Question: Do doctors work for you or the government? Do they give the best possible care or do they provide the care government allows?
"I’m not talking about only the doctors that work in the Veterans Administration or the hospitals run by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. I’m not talking about the training centers known as county hospitals, where students learning the practice get to make mistakes on poor people prior to actually going out in the real world.
I’m talking about all doctors because the government contributes about 50 percent of all health care dollars to physician pay. And another 40 percent is contributed by third-party payers that are themselves highly regulated by government and routinely follow the governments lead in pricing."
How does this happen? " * Doctors are trapped in a system that likely over trains them. This lowers supply and maintains a high physician income. That could change over time as people refuse the high fees, but only to the detriment of doctors already out of training.
* Doctors have to operate on patients in hospitals or surgi-centers, and both are highly regulated by state and federal governments, making efficient and cost-effective service more challenging.
But the first step is clear: Don’t expect good quality service from a government employee. And don't expect, if you are a government employee, to be able to provide good quality service."
Doctors report to government agencies and boards, if they operate outside of government regulations they lose their license to practice.
So, to be a doctor, you must be a government employee, directly or indirectly. Thought you should know that your health is secondary to the government requirements. But, I guess you knew that already.
Think about this and how it affects your family.
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"I’m not talking about only the doctors that work in the Veterans Administration or the hospitals run by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. I’m not talking about the training centers known as county hospitals, where students learning the practice get to make mistakes on poor people prior to actually going out in the real world.
I’m talking about all doctors because the government contributes about 50 percent of all health care dollars to physician pay. And another 40 percent is contributed by third-party payers that are themselves highly regulated by government and routinely follow the governments lead in pricing."
How does this happen? " * Doctors are trapped in a system that likely over trains them. This lowers supply and maintains a high physician income. That could change over time as people refuse the high fees, but only to the detriment of doctors already out of training.
* Doctors have to operate on patients in hospitals or surgi-centers, and both are highly regulated by state and federal governments, making efficient and cost-effective service more challenging.
But the first step is clear: Don’t expect good quality service from a government employee. And don't expect, if you are a government employee, to be able to provide good quality service."
Doctors report to government agencies and boards, if they operate outside of government regulations they lose their license to practice.
So, to be a doctor, you must be a government employee, directly or indirectly. Thought you should know that your health is secondary to the government requirements. But, I guess you knew that already.
Think about this and how it affects your family.
More...