re: #762 lawhawk

NJ is reporting a doctor shortage; if any of the government health care proposals don’t take into account that the number of doctors may be insufficient to maintain the quality of care, we’re quickly going to find quality drop and outcomes get worse.

If you increase demand without increasing the supply of doctors, the time spent per patient will drop, and that benefits no one. If costs drive doctors out of business (because they can’t recoup their costs, which include delayed reimbursements and insurance), the problems get magnified.

Completely agree. One way to decrease demand is to allow Nurse Practitioners and Nurses to execute more basic health care functions. Another is to stop pretending that the govt can reimburse practitioners below a certain level without driving them off.