<p>First a fact check to Jweinst!: I have no idea where you get your information, but the Affordable Care Act is not increasing :Medicare; it is increasing the eligibility of MEDICAID to 133% of the poverty level. Second, as you seem to blissfully miss, no physician-none, zero-is required to take either Medicaid or Medicare patients. Period Full Stop. So let’s get the facts straight.</p>
<p>To OP: I couldn’t disagree more strongly; this type of journalism is not intended to inform, but to scare. NO one should read it. It’s poorly written and given to hysterics(Physician suicide! Well, see <a href=“http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/19/us/lawyer-suicides/index.html”>Why are lawyers killing themselves? - CNN; and a plethora of other articles). I do hope that all those obsessed with physician reimbursement-that means you Jweinst1-stay out of the profession completely.
I am married to, and have two siblings, who deliver care as primary care physicians. The one thing the article got right was the change in ABIM rules-they are grousing mightily about it, and I don’t blame them. That’s an onerous rule change.
But being physicians-well they all said they’d do it again, and would want their children to be MDs also. None are rich, though, so if that’s the goal find another line of work.
So anyone who reads my post-ignore this article and the money obsessed who often post here. If you want to be a physician-go for it. It’s not a road to riches, and it’s not all sunshine and rainbows, but it is a genuine way to be intellectually challenged and do some good.<br>
And ignore those in the profession who discourage you; that’s part of the I’m Smarter and
Tougher than You mentality that some adopt-and it’s baloney. And look at every profession-do teachers have it easy? lawyers?
America’s getting older-there’s going to be even more of a need for physicians in the coming years. So no riches, but challenging rewarding work-and I say go for it!</p>