DoctorsPledgeToQuit.com

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I have an idea for a grassroots project: DoctorsPledgeToQuit.com, where doctors pledge to stop working the first day that the provisions in the bill take effect.

Can anyone do it?

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American Thinker magazine

American Thinker magazine reported in an article last August that approximately 5% of the current physician workforce would quit under the new system.

Here's a snippet from that article:


"Furthermore, how can you trust a physician that works under these conditions knowing that he is controlled by the state. I certainly could not trust any doctor that would work under these draconian conditions.


One last thing: with this new healthcare plan there will be a tremendous shortage of physicians. It has been estimated that approximately 5% of the current physician work force will quit under this new system. Also it is estimated that another 5% shortage will occur because of the decreased number of men and women wanting to go into medicine. At the present time the US government has mandated gender equity in admissions to medical schools .That means that for the past 15 years that somewhere between 49 and 51% of each entering class are females. This is true of private schools also, because all private schools receive federal funding.


The average career of a woman in medicine now is only 8-10 years and the average work week for a female in medicine is only 3-4 days. I have now trained 35 fellows in pediatric ophthalmology. Hands down the best was a female that I trained 4 years ago -- she was head and heels above all others I have trained. She now practices only 3 days a week."

You can read the entire article at http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/08/obamacare_and_me.html

Maybe you could find out where that 5% is being reported from and use that as a base to start your website idea.

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interesting info. i wonder

interesting info. i wonder what the effects would be, how much it will increase the price/rationing of care.