Massachusetts Doctor Shortage
July 26th, 2007 at 2:58 pm
July 26th, 2007 at 2:58 pm
HT: Chronicle of the Conspiracy
Mitt Romney’s signing of universal health care in Massachusetts is a big reason why I would seriously consider voting for someone else. The Wall Street Journal reports that the state is now facing a critical shortage of primary care physicians.
A principal reason: too little money for too much work. Median income for primary-care doctors was $162,000 in 2004, the lowest of any physician type, according to a study by the Medical Group Management Association in Englewood, Colo. Specialists earned a median of $297,000, with cardiologists and radiologists exceeding $400,000.
The salaries are depressed because state-subsidized health care insurers pay doctors lower than even Medicaid. These doctors now have incentive to work elsewhere. Factor in the increased demand for health care that comes from subsidized health insurance, and the shortage is inevitable.
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July 27th, 2007 at 5:02 pm
Apparently Wisconsin isn’t paying attention, as they’re looking into government health care, despite astronomical costs. Another point, government-run health care has also lead to a shortage of doctors in Great Britain, so they’ve had to import a great number of doctors. Unfortunately, some of them would rather try to blow things up than practice their calling…