The Question of Health Care in the USA today

The Question of Health Care in the USA today and

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act aka ObamaCare.

A compilation of my Thoughts and Opinions and that of a few others’

*ObamaCare Summed Up in One Long Sentence

   Watch the YouTube Video >>  http://youtu.be/vdnY8r7_fLw

If I were U & I'm not,

don't get sick in the near future,

why?

Between Acorn, Planned Parenthood,

The SEIU , Big Pharma , The IRS,

H/C by Committee, [Death Panels],

Obama & his other friends for profit,

you should have a big incentive for stayin' healthy.

Preventative H/C is; Eating a Plant based Diet & Exercise, however, if U R not paying 4 H/C U Become Fat, Lazy, Stupid & Indifferent & DIE

The origin of ObamaCare did not come from Doctors or Hospitals, rather from non-doctors on Harry Reid's 'FINANCE COMMITTEE' [again, Not ur Doctor or Hospital], wrote the bill, then Harry Shoved it down our throats

Lastly, THERE's NO PROFIT n CURING the PATIENT. There's PROFIT n Diagnosing, Management,Treatment, [DRUGS], & now Taxing & Fines, period.

In short, H/C by Committee is HAZARDOUS to UR HEALTH. Profit B4 Health, [Big Pharma], & Taxes/Fines, [O'Care], B4 ur Health R Unacceptable.

If U look closely at the financials of those who R writing Rules/Reg's/Guidelines 4 O'Care, U will C that a lot of them R involved w/BIG PHARMA

ObamaCare WILL NEVER BENEFIT U as a User or Patient, it's ONLY existence is the collection of taxes, fines & profits 4 Obama's Friends

Hospital Care by Committee is ILLOGICAL, INCOHERENT and Costs a fortune. WHY? ask Congress, the #POTUS & all of their Campaign Contributors

"QUALITY MEDICINE is NOT ACHIEVED by some numerical BENCHMARK. It's about ENHANCING Doctor/Patient inter-action. That's Quality Medicine"

Who runs the biggest H/C UNION n the USA, the SEIU friend & major contributor 2 Obama. RU Startin 2 put the pieces of Ocare 2gether yet?

In Hospitals, ADMINISTRATORS don't add any VALUE 2 medicine n spite of their pay scale. 4ward 2 any BureaucRAT n any Gov agency, same thing

In Medicine, Fee for Service DID NOT DRIVE UP COSTS !! Gov interference & 3rd Party Managed medicine DID !! Blame Congress & the #POTUS

Medicine is hard work, it's physically & emotionally draining w/a promise of financial reward. Past Tense. Now, U will get O'Care or Nocare

In Medicine, a FEE for SERVICE system insures a PATIENT receives good care in a timely manner. Now, wait 'til U use #ObamaCare [services?]

If anyone should be that naive to think that the 'Affordable Care Act' reduces costs, think! Hospitals CLOSED, Dr's QUIT & OUT of Business

Now, thanx 2 #ObamaCare,

UR DOCTOR is OUT !!

UR DOCTOR QUIT !!

UR DOCTOR is an OUTLAW

UR new Doctor doesn't speak English

STUPID SHEEPLE

"FIRST, DO NO HARM" has been translated by Obama as FIRST, COLLECT the TAXES & FINES & to HELL w/the PATIENTS', Life, Liberty & FREEDOMS

Dr's used 2 practice medicine for the LOVE of the ART & their Patients welfare & good health, now, since Congress & #POTUS  INTERFERED...

Think about this; Now that the ACA is LAW, 45% of ALL U.S. PHYSICIANS 55 yrs old or older will RETIRE or QUIT MEDICINE altogether. FACT !

The ULTIMATE outcome of any 3rd Party H/C ie #ObamaCare is that YOU WILL DIE SOONER rather than LATER. Good Luck Folks !!

Any accountable care organization & or the Government, their MAIN purpose is to DESTROY PHYSICIAN/PATIENT relationship & a Dr's Practice

Codifying & Record Keeping, a benefit to whom, U? UR DOCTOR? or the Purveyors of 3rd Party Medical BureaucRATS? That CARE not 4 U or Dr's

3rd Party Medicine succeeds at only two things, maximum Profit for themselves & DENYING YOU THE BEST MEDICAL CARE AVAILABLE, period !!

Anyone or Any Agency or Government that ADVOCATES 3rd Party H/C & Payment, is NOT interested in YOU or UR Unique medical concerns.

Another argument against ObamaCare is FRAUD. When YOU pay ur Doctor DIRECTLY OUT OF UR POCKET for services rendered that eliminates FRAUD

Doctors provide a SERVICE to YOU the CONSUMER, YOU should pay for that SERVICE directly just as you would groceries or to a Auto'Mechanic

H/C Insurance should only Be for Catastrophic Loss,

& the Only Beneficiary should Be the Patient, YOU.

WHY?

B/C U pay the premium

& YOU don't need a 3rd Party

INTERVENTION or INTERFERENCE ie. ObamaCare

In the USA we have a perfect example of a 'Single Payer Socialized Medicine' it's called the VA. ask any Veteran re: appts, treatment, etc

ObamaCare and any derivative of it worldwide is not H/C rather they are TAXES & or Economic CONTROLS of REVENUE benefiting the State not YOU

*The Doctor's Story: How Obamacare is hurting the patient-physician relationship

http://youtu.be/5R5f5JhgfcM

*AMAZING open letter from a young doctor to Obama:

Barack Hussein Obama

The White House

1600 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W.

Washington, DC 20500

Mr. President,

I was born at Centennial Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee. My mother would later take a job delivering babies in that same operating room only a couple years later. My parents got a divorce when I was young. There were many times during the summer when she would be forced to take my sister and me to work with her. I vividly remember the child version of myself walking the halls of the same floor I was born on in fascination as the years passed. The anesthesiologists used to bring us candy and watch movies with us. When the holidays came, a nurse by the name of Patty Vaughn (we called her Granny), would have bags of presents for my sister and me. Donna Smith, a surgical first assistant who came to America from Canada to work in a free-market healthcare system, use to babysit us.

Donna’s two-story town-home became a 3rd home (2nd was the hospital). We spent countless nights at her house.

Patty passed away when I was ten. I still remember the last box of moon pies she gave me for Halloween that year. To this day every time I see a moon pie I think of her. Donna helped me through my undergrad at Belmont University. With tuition at $30k/year money was tight. Donna never let me go without a meal.

You see Mr. President, the smell of sterile operating rooms, horrible coffee, crisp white coats, and cold metal was my destiny. The first time someone ever asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up I responded, “Anesthesiologist”. I had no idea what they even did, but it was the first big word I learned to pronounce as a 6-year-old. The hospital is my family. It’s all I’ve ever known.

Twenty-one years after my birth, in the same hospital, I listened to a fetal heart beat through my very own stethoscope as a student. You know, it’s quite magical. As the cool, metallic bell lies upon the tight skin of a young mother’s stomach anxiety, fear and joy are all present in her face. A week before my birthday I stood at the side of the laboring mother. There’s no other way to explain childbirth than witnessing the face of God. The emotion is enveloping. You can only try (unsuccessfully) to hold the tears back. I knew at that moment what a gift God had given me. To be allowed the involvement of such a beautiful, pure moment was not to be unappreciated.

When I started college I knew where I was going. You had just won the election. I remember the cameras focusing in on Oprah Winfrey’s face. Tears streamed down. At the time, I knew nothing about politics. My biggest concern was a girl in my Anatomy & Physiology class I had a crush on. I paid little attention to Washington DC.

I worked hard. Multiple all-nighters, falling asleep behind the wheel of my car countless times, thousands of shots of espresso (I actually took a job at Starbucks to support the habit) and 15k note-cards later I had graduated in the top 5% of the country. However, during those last few years something changed.

We studied medical legislation for an entire semester. It’s no secret that the federal government has over-burdened the healthcare market, which has manifested astronomical costs to consumers. However, in 2010, democrats forced through the partisan Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), which was later funded by both democrats and republicans.

Since the passage of Obamacare everything has changed. When I started college I never intended to work for the government. I never thought I’d have a government bureaucrat dictate what I was worth to the market, and I certainly never imagined those same bureaucrats (who have absolutely no medical training) telling me how to treat my patients.

I remember the day Obamacare became law. I was sitting in the hospital working in the anesthesia department part-time to cover the costs of tuition. Dr. Alfery, a mentor of mine, looked over at me and said, “Run– It’s not too late to change majors.”

Your legislation has caused countless doctors to go into retirement early, opt for cash-only practices, and has discouraged bright, young minds from entering the field.

With student loans reaching $300k, incalculable opportunity costs and 8 years lost to school, students seeking medical degrees give their lives to the practice. Starting our careers at 30 while dictating to us how much money we can make is nothing short of destroying all incentive to enter the field.

Since that day I’ve yet to find a doctor who recommends the field. People respond to my complaints, “It’s still going to be a good job”. I don’t want a “good job”. I have not fought for a government entitlement of a “good job”. I want an incredible career. That’s what I have fought tirelessly for.

I have been on a path to enter the Air Force and continue my education in medicine. I have been dreaming of specializing in pediatric neurosurgery for half a decade.

After quite literally losing my hair from the internal conflict, considering the sunk costs and evaluating different avenues I have decided.

I have decided that I believe in the principles of a truly free-market, and I trust the free-market. Because of this deep, internal value system I cannot, with clear conscience, continue on this path. My life has value. Such value cannot be calculated by Washington bureaucrats. I won’t allow it. Only a true free-market can accurately assess the value I am capable of.

Mr President, I’m leaving the medical field. I’m hanging up the white coat. However, let me be clear. You have not won. Unless something “changes”, you’ve lost and will continue to lose. You will fail because you lack principle.

Meanwhile, we will succeed because we are born of principle.

Regards,

Michael Gordon Lotfi

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