Obamacare

Primary Care Doctors: An Endangered Species

At dinner tonight, my wife asked me how I saw the future of medicine. Her concern surrounds the anticipated doctor shortage brought on by a combination of a growing population along with an increased disenchantment felt by doctors. The prospect of doctors opting out of primary care is one of the anticipated results caused by the trickle-down effect of ObamaCare. My wife feels that computers will take over patient care. She may not be wrong when you consider that statistically, when a doctor walks into the treatment room to see their patient, within 18 seconds they knows what drug [...]

Michael PlattMichael Platt

Obamacare: We Are Not Ready

August 19th, 2012|Categories: Hormonal Balance and Wellness|Tags: improving healthcare, Obamacare, physician education|

I will not go into the pros and cons of the Affordable Healthcare Act. The name itself is an oxymoron because the last thing it will be is "affordable". You cannot take on 30 million more people into our healthcare system until you fix the present system. In addition, matters will be made worse by the fact that they anticipate that thousands of doctors will opt out of medicine completely because of widespread disgruntlement over the provisions of the act. Thousands more will become concierge doctors, thereby avoiding those new arrivals. Interestingly, making healthcare available to all is actually [...]

“The doctor of the future will give no medication, but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame, diet and in the cause and prevention of disease. ” ― Thomas A. Edison

Primary Care Doctors: An Endangered Species

Obamacare: We Are Not Ready

“The doctor of the future will give no medication, but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame, diet and in the cause and prevention of disease. ”

― Thomas A. Edison