The doctor is not in

Crafters of healthcare overhaul legislation who think they're going to increase access for patients should think again.
If the current radical version of healthcare overhaul legislation passes, there may not be enough physicians to go around.
Consider these facts:

• Experts predict that the nation may lack as many as 200,000 physicians by 2020.
• 45 percent of doctors say they are considering quitting if Congress passes health care overhaul.
• 95 percent of faith-based physicians polled said they will leave medicine if compelled to practice without conscience protections.
• Malpractice premiums are already forcing Ob-Gyn docs out of medicine.
• 20 percent of faith-based medical students polled say they're not going into Ob-Gyn as a result of abortion pressures.
  

If healthcare overhaul passes, patients calling for a physician may be on hold a very long time.

Watch CMA video, "On Hold"