What’s Wrong, Who’s to Blame, and What Will Fix It...

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The Doctor Patient Medical Association has released a new survey of about 700 doctors, and the results are bleak.  Scary bleak.  Among other dismal figures, Doctors' Attitudes on the Future of Medicine: What’s Wrong, Who’s to Blame, and What Will Fix It found that 83% of respondents are contemplating leaving the industry if Obamacare is fully implemented, owing to its disastrous projected consequences.  Indeed, they openly blame the healthcare law for their industry's woes:  http://www.dpmafoundation.org/physician-attitudes-on-medicine.html

KEY FINDINGS
• 90% say the medical system is on the WRONG TRACK

• 83% say they are thinking about QUITTING

• 61% say the system challenges their ETHICS

• 85% say the patient-physician relationship is in a TAILSPIN

• 65% say GOVERNMENT INVOLVEMENT is most to blame for current problems

• 72% say individual insurance mandate will NOT result in improved access care

• 49% say they will STOP accepting Medicaid patients

• 74% say they will STOP ACCEPTING Medicare patients, or leave Medicare completely

• 52% say they would rather treat some Medicaid/Medicare patient for FREE

• 57% give the AMA a FAILING GRADE representing them

• 1 out of 3 doctors is HESITANT to voice their opinion

• 2 out of 3 say they are JUST SQUEAKING BY OR IN THE RED financially

• 95% say private practice is losing out to CORPORATE MEDICINE

• 80% say DOCTORS/MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS are most likely to help solve things

• 70% say REDUCING GOVERNMENT would be single best fix.

If this isn't an airtight argument for the repeal of Obamacare, nothing is.  When the people providing the actual healthcare are thinking of getting out of the game, the system is clearly broken.  Here's hoping the Supreme Court strikes down Obamacare this month.

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Total respondents - 699

Survey was faxed to 16,233 randomly selected offices from April 19, 2012 - May 6, 2012

Years in practice?  

Less than 5
 3.1%
6-10
 5.2%
11-20
 22.8%
21-30
 34.8%
31-40
 24.3%
40+
 9.7%

 
% of Respondents by Specialty (Ranked)  

Family practice
 16.2%
General Surgery
 9.5%
Internal Medicine
 7.1%
Psychiatry
 5.3%
Orthopedics
 4.5%
Podiatry
 4.3%
OB/GYN
 3.8%
Ophthalmology
 3.5%
Anesthesiology/Pain Management
 3.1%
Dermatology
 3.0%
Specialty surgery
 2.4%
Pediatrics
 2.7%
Urology
 2.0%
Other
 17.9%
 
 
% of Respondents by Specialty (Alpha)  

Allergy/Immunology
 1.2%
Alternative Medicine/Prevention/Integrative
 1.1%
Anesthesiology/Pain Management
 3.1%
Cardiology
 <1%
Dermatology
 3.0%
ENT
 1.7%
Endocrinology
 1.2%
Family practice
 16.2%
Gastroenterology
 <1%
General Surgery
 9.5%
Internal Medicine
 7.1%
Neurology
 1.2%
OB/GYN
 3.3%
Oncology/cancer care
 <1%
Ophthalmology
 3.5%
Orthopedics
 4.5%
Pathology
 <1%
Pediatrics
 2.7%
Physical Medicine/Rehab
 <1%
Podiatry
 4.3%
Psychiatry
 5.3%
Radiology
 <1%
Rheumatology
 <1%
Specialty surgery
 2,4%
Sports Medicine
 <1%
Urology
 2.0%
Other
 17.9%


Are you in a solo/small practice?

80.5%
Yes
 
19.5%
No
 
   
Where do you practice?  

Office based
 88.6%
Hospital
 11.4%
 
 
Response by region 

South
 25%

Northeast
 19%

Midwest
 19%

West
 17%

Not identified
 19%