Beginning of the end, for Obamacare?

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(12-04-2015, 06:41 PM)StLucieBengal Wrote: Possibly. Which would affect the field 15-20 years down the line.     I think we would see more nurse practitioners working under a doctor.   But most typical doctor visits can be handled by the NP.  

I think we would see the most dedicated to medicine still enter the field.

I will admit that we may have a tough 3-6 months or so as the market adjusts.

Follow up:  Isn't that also against the "free market" determining wages and prices?  If the number of doctors is cut in half they can charge more for their services.  I get that without the mark ups and middle men prices should drop...but you still can't just go to the mall and get a polio shot or get an arm reattached.  

Its just more complicated than that.

Single payer is still the best, but it won't happen for the same reasons.  No one in the field wants to start making less for what they do.