A US National Health Care System? Message Board

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : A US National Health Care System?

Public Reply Prvt Reply Mark as Last Read File

Previous 10 Next 10 Previous Next

To: skinowski who wrote (18538)	7/28/2010 10:44:55 AM
From: i-node	Read Replies (1) of 42652

One young person, a college student, actually told me a few days ago that she had doubts about going into medicine - because by the time she would be ready to practice she could find herself having no choice but to work for the government, from paycheck to paycheck. I am concerned about what happens with Medicare going forward, but nothing concerns me as much as the problem you mentioned above, as it is the future of health care in America. A young attorney can walk out of law school into a large firm today making 160-200K with nearly unlimited earnings potential. Smart engineers start out making less but have nearly unlimited potential. In fact, there are now plenty of disciplines which can attract the brightest students and sell them on greater future earnings potential than that of physicians. And the problem compounds - as fewer docs enter the practice of medicine, lower-paying patients (e.g., Medicare/Medicaid) naturally will be cut out of the process. The future of health care in America isn't good. And you really can't totally blame it on Obama. Most of this dates back to LBJ.

Report TOU Violation

Share This Post

Public Reply Prvt Reply Mark as Last Read File

Previous 10 Next 10 Previous Next