With the Affordable Care Act (or "Obamacare") changes that were recently implemented, many physicians are losing control of their clinics and practices, as well as parts of their benefits.
In a survey conducted by a Deloitte research team, six in ten physicians, or 60 percent, said they are planning to retire from the medical field early. The same 60 percent say the medical field is in jeopardy, for it no longer belongs to the experts.
Physicians fear the medical field will seem more like an assembly line, where time is limited and patients are rushed in and out of the door without the time that's needed in appointments.
Executive Director of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS), Dr. Jane Orient, MD, explains the Affordable Care Act according to physicians and why some doctors are hesitant about the new changes.
Health Care Changes Will Cause Doctors to Retire Early
Within the next three years, 60% of physicians say they will retire from medicine early. What is the true reason for this choice?
Additional Info
- Segment Number: 1
- Audio File: staying_well/1343sw1a.mp3
- Featured Speaker: Jane Orient, MD
- Organization: AAPS
- Book Title: YOUR Doctor Is Not In: Healthy Skepticism about National Healthcare
- Guest Website: Dr. Jane Orient
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Guest Bio:
Jane M. Orient obtained her undergraduate degrees in chemistry and mathematics from the University of Arizona in Tucson, and her M.D. from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1974.
She completed an internal medicine residency at Parkland Memorial Hospital and University of Arizona Affiliated Hospitals and then became an Instructor at the University of Arizona College of Medicine.
She has been in solo private practice since 1981 and has served as Executive Director of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) since 1989.
She is the author of YOUR Doctor Is Not In: Healthy Skepticism about National Healthcare. More than 100 of her papers have been published in the scientific and popular literature on a variety of subjects including risk assessment, natural and technological hazards and non-hazards, and medical economics and ethics.
She is the editor of AAPS News, the Doctors for Disaster Preparedness Newsletter, and Civil Defense Perspectives, and is the managing editor of The Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons. - Length (mins): 10
- Waiver Received: No
- Internal Notes: FAXED IT OVER, NEED TO CHECK IN
- Host: Melanie Cole, MS
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