36,000 questionnaires were faxed. 699 were returned, or about 4.3%
http://www.doctorsandpatients.org/component/content/article/81 This is very much a survey as done by fox news: you have to care enough to respond either way. 83% of those who cared enough to respond had considered leaving the medical profession. This gives the best insight into what doctors think of any survey ever done. Well, 4 out of 5 dentists surveyed recommend a brand name sugarless gum if they recommend that their patients chew gum!!! So I guess the Trident ad beats them. L --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wgm4u <no_reply@...> wrote: > > Eighty-three percent of American physicians have considered leaving their > practices over President Barack Obama's health care reform law, according to > a survey released by the Doctor Patient Medical Association. > > The DPMA, a non-partisan association of doctors and patients, surveyed a > random selection of 699 doctors nationwide. The survey found that the > majority have thought about bailing out of their careers over the > legislation, which was upheld last month by the Supreme Court. > > Even if doctors do not quit their jobs over the ruling, America will face a > shortage of at least 90,000 doctors by 2020. The newly passed health care > bill increases the demand for physicians by expanding insurance coverage. > This change will exacerbate the current shortage as more Americans live past > 65. > > By 2025 the shortage will balloon to over 130,000, Len Marquez, the director > of government relations at the American Association of Medical Colleges, told > The Daily Caller. > > "One of our primary concerns is that you've got an aging physician workforce > and you have these new beneficiaries � these newly insured people � > coming through the system," he said. "There will be strains and there will be > physician shortages." > > The DPMA found that many in the medical profession do not believe the Patient > Protection and Affordable Care Act will lead to better access to medical care > for the majority of Americans, co-founder of the DPMA Kathryn Serkes told > TheDC. > > "Doctors clearly understand what Washington does not � that a piece of > paper that says you are `covered' by insurance or `enrolled' in Medicare or > Medicaid does not translate to actual medical care when doctors can't afford > to see patients at the lowball payments, and patients have to jump through > government and insurance company bureaucratic hoops," she said. > > The American Medical Association, which endorsed Obama's health care > overhaul, was not able to immediately offer comment on the survey. > Spokesperson Heather Lasher Todd said it would take time to review the > information in the survey. > > Janelle Davis of the American Academy of Family Physicians said the AAFP > could not provide thoughtful commentary without studying the survey's > findings and methodology. > > Read more: > http://dailycaller.com/2012/07/09/report-83-percent-of-doctors-have-considered-quitting-over-obamacare/#ixzz20AS5JNbA >
