ARMSTRONG: Obamacare grants doctors liberty to withhold care - Washington Times

Excellent article on Obamacare by Dr. Armstrong who writes:"Do you see the problem? It should be obvious to all physicians and the public. When you see your doctor, what do you want the caregiver to have foremost in mind: your medical needs or the doctor’s income? Is this ethical? Hardly. But this is the reality of any payment model that ties physician income directly to the unstated decision to withhold expensive services. Either consciously or subliminally, the message is the same: The less you spend on patient care, the more you gain financially. This is the reality of the ACO model and the “new ethics” of government cost control in medicine, courtesy of the Affordable Care Act. Shouldn’t economic and professional decisions be transparent in medicine, where doctors and patients make joint decisions based upon available resources, not some underlying, unspoken financial advantage for the physician to offer the patient less." Visit:ARMSTRONG: Obamacare grants doctors liberty to withhold care - Washington Times