http://www.takebackmedicine.org/?p=2157 Doctors have been absent from the discussion about medicine and reform for too long. Its time to take back our place in the discussion. Sat, 17 Jul 2010 21:42:54 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 http://www.takebackmedicine.org/?p=2157&cpage=1#comment-521 Brian K. Mon, 21 Dec 2009 20:51:34 +0000 http://www.takebackmedicine.org/?p=2157#comment-521 Spot on. Perhaps readers may be unaware, but Massachusetts has "forced physician labor" already. Participate in Medicare or no license. Ultimately the Federal Government feels they have the right to impel cooperation with this scheme, though of course they do not. It is perhaps hard for people to realize that this forced participation leads to higher health care costs for us all. By compelling hospitals and physicians to accept WAY below market rates for a substantial percentage of work, the remaining patients are forced to make up the difference. The people hurt most by theses policies: the very people who are already on the margins. Those without insurance are the only ones who pay "usual and customary" fees, receiving no discount from membership in either Government regulated entities or private contracts "negotiated" at a discount. How ironic, and yet how entirely predictable. Spot on. Perhaps readers may be unaware, but Massachusetts has “forced physician labor” already. Participate in Medicare or no license. Ultimately the Federal Government feels they have the right to impel cooperation with this scheme, though of course they do not. It is perhaps hard for people to realize that this forced participation leads to higher health care costs for us all. By compelling hospitals and physicians to accept WAY below market rates for a substantial percentage of work, the remaining patients are forced to make up the difference. The people hurt most by theses policies: the very people who are already on the margins. Those without insurance are the only ones who pay “usual and customary” fees, receiving no discount from membership in either Government regulated entities or private contracts “negotiated” at a discount. How ironic, and yet how entirely predictable.

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