Should be a law outlawing state and federal employees from unionizing.While I agree that is the way it used to be - it isn't that way now, Vandalshandle. You need to find out why many doctors are no longer accepting medicare. It's a nationwide problem these days. Again - what good is it if you cannot find a competent doctor that accepts medicare anymore?Due to Obamacare that is no longer the case. Good doctors are refusing medicare these days. What good is it if you cannot find a doctor who is competent?
Urban myth. I live in a retirement community of 31,000 people, all of whom are at least 55 years old, and an average age of 74. I can see my doctor within 5 working days. In addition, I have had no problem with getting in to a pain clinic, orthopedic specialist, podiatrist, Hospital, urgent care, as well as a surgeon for rotator cuff injury, x-rays, MRI, and gastrointestinal specialist. Everybody I know is over 65, and on Medicare, and every single one of them has all the medical support that they need. In fact, when one lives in a retirement community, the two main topics of conversation are grandchildren and medical issues. Nobody complains about not getting to see a doctor.
I was being kind to call that an urban myth. It is actually Conservative propaganda that has been pulled out of thin air in an effort to discredit ACA and Medicare. In other words, it is pure bull shit, made up by people who aren't even insured under Medicare. Having had 50 years of health Insurance executive experience, and having been covered by Medicare for 6 years, I know RW bull shit about health insurance and provider contracts when I hear it. In fact, federal law does not even permit an insurance company to sell Medicare Advantage plans in any zip code which is not fully covered by contracted providers. If what you were saying is true, every Medicare Advantage plan that is not fully staffed by providers within 50 miles of a covered person's address, would have to be shut down...by law. In my zip code, which is a semi-rural area, there are three Medicare Advantage plans being sold by three HMO's. Caremore, Humana and United Health.
For those of you advocating single payer, I'm wondering how you would expect government to deal with unionized doctors, and the inevitable strikes that would result.
Problem solved.
Yep.