re: #247 palomino

Maybe but that’s purely anecdotal. I haven’t heard anything similar from my dad the doc or my sis in law the nurse.

You may be right, but at this point it’s in the right’s interest to push this meme (regardless of veracity) as another in the parade of horribles they predict resulting from HCR. Not outrageous like the “death panel” canard, but not yet verified.

And, at the risk of sounding cynical, there are hundreds of thousands of qualified doctors around the world who would probably love to practice in the US. This may ultimately be part of the solution. I’d hate to think of the US as the Yankees, “stealing” every other team’s best players, but this already fills much of the need, and could to a greater extent in the future.

I agree it is anecdotal but there is plenty of evidence that there is going to be a shortage of physicians. It is already a reality in some specialties.