We may well soon see a greater doctor shortage. The terrible stress and responsibility that a person must face being an M.D. can't be compensated with mere money.
A physician friend of mine told me recently that many people bright enough to be physicians are choosing other career paths.
The profession is not as fulfilling as it once was when doctors knew their patients personally and visited them in their homes....and now the job includes managing a staff of bookkeepers to keep up with all the forms and restrictions that must be followed to get paid. Couple that with even the most precise knowledge applied in the most concerned and ethical ways still results in the death of a patient. Dealing with death is HARD on people. Why would you choose to do that when you can make just as much money in a less stressful employment??
I don't think the ACA will get us MORE doctors, maybe less.
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