The Effects of ObamaCare

In this article on FoxNews, Dr. Marc Siegel brings to light an issue with Barack Obama's health care law that has evidently gone unseen. Although I believe Obama's intentions are pure, and he obviously means well, this article highlights an argument that should have been brought to attention long ago.

The author's intended audience is a wide one, I believe. While his main objective is to raise awareness of the fact that he and his fellow colleges are struggling to handle the health care expansions, he is also speaking to the patients that ObamaCare has brought forth. He is conveying, through the viewpoints of the doctors in question and conclusive facts, what is taking place on the other side of ObamaCare. I believe he is trying to truly reach out to the patients and demonstrate to them that if the number of doctors plummets, along with their passion of caring for patients, they are not the only ones who will suffer.

Dr. Siegel's credibility is very trustworthy, in my opinion. As a doctor, he is the perfect advocate for this issue. His insight into the mind of these struggling physicians is carefully shown throughout his article, as well as his overt passion to resolve the issue at hand. In addition, he adds studies that support his argument, and does not rely on his and his colleges perceptions alone.

His main claim is pointing out the problems with ObamaCare that greatly impact not the patients, but the physicians caring for them. He demonstrates the doctor's struggles to meet the demand of the extra patients brought on by Obama's health care. He claims that all over the country, doctors are overburdened, underpaid, and ultimately ill-equip to handle the surpluss of paperwork and patients.

Toward the middle of the article, Dr. Siegel provides studies and surveys that reveal the growing exhaustion and frustration of the doctors. To illustrate, he includes surveys from numerous associations that have all consistently shown that doctors are not at all happy with the direction of medicine (some even said they would retire early, if that were possible) and that it is also greatly impacting how they practice.

Dr. Siegel's argument is a reasonable one, and I feel it should not be taken lightly. He is not making excuses for himself or the other physicians, nor is he focusing extensively on the welfare of only the doctors. Instead, he keeps in mind the patients by first keeping in mind the prosperity of their physicians. After all, where are the patients left if the number of doctors abates?

In closing, I agree profusely with Dr. Siegel on this subject. I wonder now how we did not think of how this would directly affect professionals in the medical field. Did no one think to consult these physicians when these health care laws were being made? Though it may have seem like the right choice at the time, ObamaCare has apparently greatly affected the doctors of our country, and it seems as though no one has taken notice. Undoubtedly, the federal government should not have placed the heavy burden of ObamaCare on the shoulders of doctors whose resources, passion, and fortitude are dwindling.