DOCTORS’ ATTITUDES ON THE FUTURE OF MEDICINE: What’s Wrong, Who’s to Blame?

These findings will soon spell the death knell for Obamacare.

ABOUT THE SURVEY

The survey was conducted by fax and online from April 18 to May 22, 2012. DPMAF obtained the office fax numbers of 36,000 doctors in active clinical practice, and 16, 227 faxes were successfully delivered. Doctors were asked to return their completed surveys by fax, or online at a web address included in the faxed copy. Browser rules prevented doctors from filing duplicate surveys, and respondents were asked to provide personal identification for verification. The response rate was 4.3% for a total of 699 completed surveys.

SURVEY RESPONDENTS

•Doctors from 45 states responded, in addition to 130 who did not provide their geographical information.

•Most are in solo or small group practice (81%) and office-based (89%) versus hospital-based (11%).

•Most of the doctors are mid-career (77%) and have been in practice between 11 and 30 years.

GENERAL CONCLUSIONS:

1.Almost unanimous that medicine is on the wrong track, and overwhelmingly blame the government;

2.Government-imposed solutions (PPACA, electronic health information) destined to fail;
3.Highest numbers ever opting out of Medicare or refuse Medicaid;

4.Vacuum in leadership in medical profession, feel abandoned by AMA & organized medicine;

5.Corporate medicine (including hospital and insurance companies) is intentionally trying to destroy private practice;

6.Doctors are pessimistic - failing financially & assume things will worsen;

7.See doctors and patients as the solution - not government;

8.Believe direct payment by patients will restore accountability & patient control;

9.Restored autonomy, elimination of government involvement, increased patient responsibility and free market reforms are solutions.

KEY FINDINGS

•90% say the medical system is on the WRONG TRACK

•83% say they are thinking about QUITTING

•61% say the system challenges their ETHICS

•85% say the patient-physician relationship is in a TAILSPIN

•65% say GOVERNMENT INVOLVEMENT is most to blame for current problems

•72% say individual insurance mandate will NOT result in improved access care
•49% say they will STOP accepting Medicaid patients

•74% say they will STOP ACCEPTING Medicare patients, or leave Medicare completely
•52% say they would rather treat some Medicaid/Medicare patient for FREE

•57% give the AMA a FAILING GRADE representing them

•1 out of 3 doctors is HESITANT to voice their opinion

•2 out of 3 say they are JUST SQUEAKING BY OR IN THE RED financially
•95% say private practice is losing out to CORPORATE MEDICINE

•80% say DOCTORS/MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS are most likely to help solve things

•70% say REDUCING GOVERNMENT would be single best fix.

http://www.doctorsandpatients.org/resources/85-physician-attitudes-survey-june-2012

 

These comments by Surfer were very interesting.

I have already lost my Primary Care physician of over a decade. He took the early retirement. My Dermatologist is going private pay only and then quitting if forced to take "government patients".

The incredible horrible nightmare that American Medical Care is about to become is upon us. No longer will Canadian leaders fly to the U.S. for care. No longer will people travel from throughout the world for care. The doctor shortage will be tragic.

We could have easily introduced competition, revised E.R. rooms to include Urgent Care Triage, had Tort Reform, and created pools for catastrophic insurance for the poor.... nope... we had to do a government takeover of 18% of the total economy and make our health a bureaucrat's business which is enforced by the IRS.

 

SIX HUNDRED and NINETY-NINE responses from 36,000 faxes sent to supporters by a Teaparty federation member. What a fake! There are 600,000 doctors in the USA.

 

For Gods sake James, there is a an existing thread you can post this in. Stop creating a new thread for every tidbit of info you have.