tongue bath interview with Jon Kyl yesterday came this awesome exchange.
HH: Now doctors call in, and in fact, and Investor's Business Daily TIPP poll today revealed 45% of America's doctors will consider quitting or retiring if Obamacare passes. Are you surprised?
JK: No, because bear in mind that today, Medicaid reimburses doctors about 60 cents of their dollar of cost, and Medicare, about 70-80 cents out of a dollar. ... Physicians are retiring early, they're not encouraging their kids to get into medicine, there are shortages of doctors, and particularly in my state of Arizona, for example. And by the way, just a little tidbit here, a state that engaged in significant medical malpractice reform, Texas, in the last four years, has seen an increase of 7,000 doctors in that state. Well, that's interesting. So if we actually reform the tort laws, so that doctors don't have to practice as much defensive medicine, we actually encourage more of them to go to medical school and to practice in our cities and towns. So there are things that Republicans believe that would actually help.
Using Texas as a model for health care is like using Iran as a model for elections. One out of every four Texans don't have medical insurance -- the highest rate in the nation. Texas has more uninsured children than any state. And if tort reform is the answer, why does Texas have some of the most notorious examples of how broken and expensive the current health care system is?
Genius plan, dumbass.
By the way, that poll Hewitt cited is, of course, total bullshit. The poll showing that 73% of doctors support a government option, however, is not.
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