WHO NEEDS DOCTORS WHEN "THE ONE" WILL LAY ON HANDS? – AT 9:18 A.M. ET:  Already we are seeing the negative effects of the reckless Obamacare law.  From The Wall Street Journal:

The new federal health-care law has raised the stakes for hospitals and schools already scrambling to train more doctors.

Experts warn there won't be enough doctors to treat the millions of people newly insured under the law. At current graduation and training rates, the nation could face a shortage of as many as 150,000 doctors in the next 15 years, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges.

So you'll wait.  So what.  Look how European you'll feel. 

That shortfall is predicted despite a push by teaching hospitals and medical schools to boost the number of U.S. doctors, which now totals about 954,000.

The greatest demand will be for primary-care physicians. These general practitioners, internists, family physicians and pediatricians will have a larger role under the new law, coordinating care for each patient.

The U.S. has 352,908 primary-care doctors now, and the college association estimates that 45,000 more will be needed by 2020. But the number of medical-school students entering family medicine fell more than a quarter between 2002 and 2007.

A shortage of primary-care and other physicians could mean more-limited access to health care and longer wait times for patients.

Right-wing tea party propaganda.  I hear the n-word.

What do these peasants out there want?  Real doctors?  They must stop watching these TV medical shows.  It's a new day now.  Everyone gets mediocre care.  We are all victims....equally.

April 13, 2010