Why do most doctors support a national health care plan? Do they know something Republicans don't?

http://www.pnhp.org/docsurvey/annals_phy...

Because doctors are smart.

FYI, among medical students:
5% very conservative
21% conservative
33% moderate
31% liberal
9% very liberal

yeah - job security -

they cant be fired! just like post office employees

They know they will be paid no matter what.

I have no problem with national health care. Just don't raise taxes on the working class to pay for it. Not when this country wastes BILLIONS every single year:

The federal government cannot account for $24.5 billion spent in 2003.

A White House review of just a sample of the federal budget identified $90 billion spent on programs deemed that were either ineffective, marginally adequate, or operating under a flawed purpose or design.

The Congressional Budget Office published a 鈥淏udget Options鈥?book identifying $140 billion in potential spending cuts.

The federal government spends $23 billion annually on special interest pork projects such as grants to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, or funds to combat teenage 鈥済oth鈥?culture in Blue Springs, Missouri.

Washington spends tens of billions of dollars on failed and outdated programs such as the Rural Utilities Service, U.S. Geological Survey and Economic Development Association.
The federal government made $20 billion in overpayments in 2001.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development鈥檚 $3.3 billion in overpayments in 2001 accounted for over 10 percent of the department鈥檚 total budget.

Over one recent 18-month period, Air Force and Navy personnel used government-funded credit cards to charge at least $102,400 for admission to entertainment events, $48,250 for gambling, $69,300 for cruises, and $73,950 for exotic dance clubs and prostitutes.

Examples of wasteful duplication include: 342 economic development programs; 130 programs serving the disabled; 130 programs serving at-risk youth; 90 early childhood development programs; 75 programs funding international education, cultural, and training exchange activities; and 72 federal programs dedicated to assuring safe water.

The Advanced Technology Program spends $150 million annually subsidizing private businesses, and 40% of this goes to Fortune 500 companies.

The Defense Department wasted $100 million on unused flight tickets, and never bothered to collect refunds even though the tickets were reimbursable.

The Conservation Reserve program pays farmers $2 billion annually to not farm their land.

Washington spends $60 billion annually on corporate welfare, versus $43 billion on homeland security.

The Department of Agriculture spends $12 billion to $30 billion annually on farm subsidies, the vast majority of which go to agribusinesses and farmers averaging $135,000 in annual income.

Massive farm subsidies also go to several members of Congress, and celebrity 鈥渉obby farmers鈥?such as David Rockefeller, Ted Turner, Scottie Pippen, and former Enron CEO Ken Lay.

The Medicare program pays as much as eight times the cost that other federal agencies pay for the same drugs and medical supplies.

Congressional investigators were able to receive $55,000 in federal student loan funding for a fictional college they created to test the Department of Education.

The Army Corps of Engineers has been accused of illegally manipulating data to justify expensive but unnecessary public works projects.

Food stamp overpayments cost $600 million annually.

School lunch program abuse costs $120 million annually.

Veterans鈥?program overpayments cost $800 million annually.

Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) overpayments cost $9 billion annually.

Better tracking of student loan recipients would save $1 billion annually.

Preventing states from using accounting tricks to secure additional Medicaid funds would save several billion dollars annually.

Medicare contractors owe the federal government $7 billion.

Why do people think that Chillary or Barak can run our health care system, when they can't even run their own political party?

just the incompetent ones.

math and economics?

Most doctors don`t ....nice try Hillary

They've probably seen the way that a civilised National Health Service operates in the U.K., where people are 'entitled' to treatment irrespective of their financial status.

It's what we call 'Society'! Perhaps you should try it!

I would probably point to the fact that uninsured Americans increased from 2.2 million to 47 million. That's a pretty huge chunk of patients that stopped going to the doctors. If national healthcare provided doctors with patients (and hence money), I don't see why would object to more money.

That is not a reliable study. There aren't enough details, references, etc. There are a million little ways they could say it's a random sample when it really isn't. That study was done to be published as a popular source, not a scholarly one.

Yeah, they know they'll get paid, and won't have to haggle with insurance companies for re-imbursement.

When the government pays for healthcare, prices are inflated and it becomes an even bigger public burden.

Nationalized healthcare is bankrupting every Western nation. And the cost will only go higher as the population continues aging, and there are not enough young people to pay for an ever-increasing elderly population.

Yes.
Because Taxpayers will be footing the Doctors Exorbitant Insurance Premiums.

yes they know that we are all human beings and it matters more that a human being is cared about than that the rich people in the world get more yachts, homes, cars and vacations.

Because they know it's the insurance companies that make the decision on life and death over money. Should insurance companies have that kind of power over you? I don't and I know it to be true. They chose not to treat my Husband over money and he die (was only 49)

Because those doctors noticed that there is no mechanism for controlling escalating costs.

BTW - I wonder if those doctors would support a national health care plan if it required that they get paid a government-determined salary?

Most are incompetent and just want a reliable high income. The talented ones are found in research and key surgery centers in just a few cities in America. Most are reptilian neocoms out to make a buck.

Nearly half of NHS maternity units had to turn away women in labour last year because they were full, figures showed on Thursday.

Furthermore, a shortage of facilities or staff led to almost one in 10 of these trusts closing more than 10 times.


http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=44...

Watch the movie "Sicko" by Michael Moore.

He raises a few interesting points about the US Health Care System.

My doctor doesn't. He was born in England and got his medical degree in Canada. He practices medicine in the USA.

agree with Drew Blood~!!!

yes... getting rich off of taxpayers

of 2000 doctors who answered the 4000 sent out letters 55 % supported INCRIMENTAL governement control of EITHER healthcare OR INSURANCE.

Wow thats convincing

/sarc.

oh and the largest group that agreed were psychiatrists.

Again: Wow thats convincing

Doctors don't like HMOs telling them how and if they should treat their patients.

Most Doctors do not what National Health Care...
You are only reading what Socialist Democrats want you to...
eg..Hillary...and Her "One World Social Government"...