There are many physicians out there wondering what is going on withe proposed health plans and how any of them will affect them. Internal Medicine physicians, Family Practice Doctors, Pediatricians, and Hospitalists seem to have the most at stake in this evolving health plan.
Primary Care physicians are already in high demand and the country has been facing a shortage of doctors providing general care for many years. This is only going to get worse as their pay continues to lessen and demand continues to increase. You are seeing more and more urgent care facilities because Emergency doctors and other practitioners are leaving their traditional practices behind and seeing patients on a cash basis thus circumventing the insurance red tape(for the most part). This is very attractive for many reasons but once everyone has insurance, will this model remain.
You have to ask yourself what will happen to the system when people are given health insurance. Health insurance that has not costed them anything therefore how much could they possibly care about protecting the system. There is not an easy answer or an answer that everyone will be happy with.
