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Hoyt

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40. If the vast majority of docs come out for single payer, we'd have it.

Sun Aug 17, 2014, 06:49 PM

Aug 2014

But they still think they are better off financially with the current system than having to take rates somewhere between Medicare and Medicaid.

I know some physicians support single- payer, but most do not.

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Physicians move from The USA to Canada for better life [View all] truedelphi Aug 2014 OP

The fact they would move to another country for more pay, tells me Hoyt Aug 2014 #1

So tell me this, Hoyt... Do you hold down a job? truedelphi Aug 2014 #8

Do you even know what you are talking about? For instance, Malpractice runs about 5% of revenue. Hoyt Aug 2014 #12

Depends surgeons are high malpractice obgyn etc.too lunasun Aug 2014 #27

A lot of folks have supplemental insurance that covers deductibles, etc. Hoyt Aug 2014 #28

A lot of doctors might be saddled with high Student Loan debt. Ilsa Aug 2014 #11

Most docs could discharge student loans by spending a few years in a rural or inner city area. But, Hoyt Aug 2014 #13

I do not AT ALL get where you are coming from, Hoyt. This discussion truedelphi Aug 2014 #16

Many continued to see Medicare too. You know why, they aren't as greedy as Hoyt Aug 2014 #22

Their spouses' careers come into play, too, on these Ilsa Aug 2014 #21

Like the doc who has an engineer wife can't afford to pay their loan back. Hoyt Aug 2014 #23

40 year nurse practitioner here. In pediatrics, we most... 3catwoman3 Aug 2014 #33

Some do expand their practices, and get paid more as well. Hoyt Aug 2014 #35

If a RWNJ... 3catwoman3 Aug 2014 #38

I'd drive you. Unfortunately, a lot of physicians are RWNJs. Hoyt Aug 2014 #39

I am the only nurse practitioner... 3catwoman3 Aug 2014 #42

Where I live, most of our Republican Congressmen are physicians in the Rob Paul Hoyt Aug 2014 #43

Agreed. Too much turf-protecting. Ilsa Aug 2014 #45

I don't believe it. WinkyDink Aug 2014 #2

Sounds like it's mainly familty physicians, not specialists. FP's are paid the least in the US. pampango Aug 2014 #3

And before Obamacare, they always got paid. Right? n/t justgamma Aug 2014 #4

Well, before Obama care was passed, many of us hoped for true reform. truedelphi Aug 2014 #17

Many doctors are opting out of these programs, mostly because of greed. Hoyt Aug 2014 #24

Twenty years ago--1994--my husband, a psychiatrist-- mnhtnbb Aug 2014 #5

THE time period you mention is exactly the time truedelphi Aug 2014 #18

k&r for the truth, however depressing it may be. n/t Laelth Aug 2014 #6

Doesn't Canada have a nationalized healthcare system? peabody Aug 2014 #7

Canada is tough to nail down with any one label. Sen. Walter Sobchak Aug 2014 #10

My doctor in Canada is originally from the US too Sen. Walter Sobchak Aug 2014 #9

That I can fully understand. Don't think I'd want to be collecting from sick people. Hoyt Aug 2014 #14

That is the issue now with the high deductible insurances folks are using lunasun Aug 2014 #30

If the vast majority of docs come out for single payer, we'd have it. Hoyt Aug 2014 #40

And in Canada many are still private practices that get reimbursed lunasun Aug 2014 #44

And the situation with deductibles is very much over the top. truedelphi Aug 2014 #46

You should always ask for work to be in network although you may have to travel or wait lunasun Aug 2014 #47

Draft dodgers figured this out back in the 60's. L0oniX Aug 2014 #15

Yes, they did. And although most were glad when they were absolved of their truedelphi Aug 2014 #19

Did you go to VietNam? WinkyDink Aug 2014 #41

This was predicted by both sides of the argument on ACA, egduj Aug 2014 #20

The relative small population will limit the need, unless climate change forces a mass CK_John Aug 2014 #25

“Canada’s per-capita immigration rate remains one of the highest in the world,” lunasun Aug 2014 #31

Is there open carry in Canada? oldandhappy Aug 2014 #26

30% of billings end up unpaid because billings are a (cruel) joke unblock Aug 2014 #29

I once saw an orthopedic surgeon who "charged" $50;000 for a procedure Medicare allows $500. Hoyt Aug 2014 #36

My Dr. is dropping all insurance coverage alltogether michreject Aug 2014 #32

The ultimate in greed and shirking the poor for the well to do. Hoyt Aug 2014 #37

Blaming Obama for a decades-old phenomenon? Bullshit. riqster Aug 2014 #34