OBAMACARE FOR SENIORS

There are 250,000 primary care doctors in the country and about three times as many specialists. It is estimated by the U. S. Health and Human Services Department that 65 million people live in areas that are underserved by primary care doctors. Yet, Obamacare would have you go to a primary care doctor rather than a specialist. According to a recent study, the number of medical school graduates entering family medicine fell by more than a quarter from 2002 to 2007.

Medicare payments for an Electrocardiogram or a Sonogram of the heart would be cut by 40%. The payment for a Catherization of the heart would be cut by a third. Can you honestly believe that these tests would continue to be readily available? While Obamacare focuses on preventive care any fool knows, eventually Cancer, Heart Disease or any number of other ailments will occur. When it does will you want tests? Will you want a specialist to treat you?

Obamacare also proposes to cut payments to Hospitals, by $108 billion over 10 years for treatment of the uninsured. It would also cut Medicare prescription drugs by $75 billion. While it is true that specialists charge more for their services than primary care doctors, are you willing to have a less experienced doctor treat you when your life might be at stake?