My daughter recently reminded me of these lines:
"Let them discover the kind of doctors that their system will now produce. Let them discover, in their operating rooms and hospital wards, that it is not safe to place their lives in the hands of a man whose life they have throttled. It is not safe, if he is the sort of man who resents it- and still less safe, if he is the sort who doesn't."

I had a great doctor who left to go work on Indian reservations. I don't know the details. But, she just vanished.

I spent my professional life in healthcare, nearly 35 years as a nurse, the last 20 years in anesthesia after obtaining a master's degree. I shrugged in 2012 based on what I saw healthcare becoming.
For the first time in over 30 years we regularly saw drug shortages. We were counseled by lawyers to NOT have "personal" discussions with patients- don't ask what work they do, where they came from, what family will be available to help post-procedure. For the first time, working 6-8 hours without any break (even for bathroom!) became the norm.
Frankly, I am surprised most of my co-workers and physician friends are still practicing. Once I heard the US gov't say "healthcare is a RIGHT", I was out. In America we have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Our individual rights end where they infringe on the rights of anyone else.

I know...I know. This is the most libertarian doctor I've ever known.

Just stumbled upon a new HUD proposed regulation to not allow people to live full-time in RVs. Need to learn more about that - out of morbid curiosity.

And the ones who don't are becoming slaves...

I going to be 82 on July 7th.
I only mention this so you'll understand what I'm about to post. I see a lot of doctors. I have already lived longer than all my relatives have with the exception of a few cousins. Some of the maladies that did in my grandfather, my mother, and my father have been found in me and have either been controlled or cured. So, you must know that I see a Lot of doctors. Many of those doctors have been seeing me for years. Many of them are suddenly retiring. And orthopedist, a urologist, a heart surgeon, are some of the more recent ones. I am an example of a person being worked upon from head to toe. Literally. Some of the retirees have become friends. A cardiologist, soon to retire, told me off the record, that several doctors in his group are retiring or going to work at lesser positions because they no longer want to put up with the ACA and what they see it is turning into down the road.
This is how the left wins. Obamacare: "In hoc signo vinces.".

His name wouldn't happen to be Hendricks, would it?

I have much the same thoughts everyday, only I'm an automotive engineer. 100% of my time (and so with many others here) is spent figuring out how to meet government mandates for fuel economy and emissions. After those mandates are met, then building cars that customers will actually want, at a price they can afford, and at which my employer can make a profit, comes into play.

Part of the plan, Coward and Piven, Alynski....... Overload the system and bring it down. Solution: single payer healthcare.

actually doctors have been leaving the medical profession since the 1980's. the basic reason then was when medicare started reducing what they would pay doctors for their services when the patient had no insurance or in the case of pediatricians when their insurance rates skyrocketed because women did not listen to the doctor and the result in many cases were damaged births that could have been avoided. today i suspect the rate of doctors walking is increasing for the reasons cited by this doctor.

unfortunately on a daily basis we hear, see actions that are making life in the usa let us say "not so good"!

He'll never be allowed to continue his practice out of his RV. There will be zoning problems, permit issues, tax deductions disallowed, probably just about every kind of red tape one can imagine.

My pediatrician owns his own practice and is known for being one of the few who makes house calls. Next year he's closing his office and converting an RV into his office. No staff. No rent. Hopefully, no more phone calls from people trying to wedge Obamacare patients into his practice...

A doctor of mine shrugged four years ago.

The only doctor I see (and as little as possible) is a genuine doctor in the sense of caring for people. He had a practice and went under because he took too many medicare and medicaid patients as a sense of doing what he loves doing - using his knowledge and skills to help people. He took a while retrenching and opened a clinic that doesn't take coverage for his services. Just $50 a visit. He is open to walk-ins. Since most policies these days amount to catastrophic coverage only with such huge deductibles, it makes little difference if you only occasionally need something simple.

Of course when he has to refer to other services, such as prescriptions, imaging, etc, then you must do what it takes with whatever healthcare policy you may or may not have.

This is what is driving the "urgent care" clinics that have been popping up all over.

I wish it weren't so. Too many good doctors are leaving.I wish you ten best in your new endeavors.

I live in a state with less than 1M people in the entire state. Earlier this year 70K people were added to the existing medicaid rolls for our state. I shudder to think what percent of the population is on medicaid.

a friend said her medical building in NYC was losing tenants daily. daily. what will we do for medical care? the US does not have the same make up of Canada. entrepreneurs will take their work where they are fulfilled and paid. get your insurance now from Costa Rica!

My wife's long time Doctor is moving to another state because of CT's cooperation with the obobo careless system...many in this state will not take obobo care never mind Mediocrecare or minimuncaid and she's having a hard time finding another doctor...

K just read an article about this.