re: #148 opnion

The doctors will not welcom the reduction in income. Also, the government is not knon for quick pay.
The doctors may not like Medical Mangement, but they will really loathe single payer.

Perhaps I overstated when I said “a lot” of doctors. But certainly some would welcome it if it relieved them of the paperwork nightmares. And if they could let go some of the office staff dedicated to paperwork, their incomes would not drop as much as you might think. But yes, they would drop and of course no one is happy to see a reduction in salary.

Of course if doctors didn’t have to pay as much in malpractice coverage, that would be a significant savings, too. But I don’t see an Obama administration effecting tort reform.

I’m not advocating a single payor system, I’m just pointing out that the current system, from the point of view of many doctors as well as patients, is undesireable and untenable.