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Too Many Doctors, Not Enough Medicine

In order to totally freak out the American public about Obamacare, the media is now reporting a doctor shortage:Experts warn there won't be enough doctors to treat the millions of people newly insured under the law. At current graduation and training rates, the nation could face a shortage of as many as 150,000 doctors in the next 15 years, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges.Bring on the shortage.In December, I caught the superflu.  It was the sickest I had been in ten years.  I laid around miserably for 5 days, alternating between chills and sweats.  I couldn't read, and was out of work for a week.Some Tamiflu would have been nice.  Yet I couldn't get any, because doing so would have required me to miserably call the doctor's office; wait 3 days to be seen; get into a car; go around putting my germy hands everywhere; infect people with my disgusting illness; sit miserably in a doctor's office; fill out paperwork when my head is throbbing so much that I could barely focus...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on April 13, 2010 (boomark / email).