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Shaken, not stirred!
I was listening to 77WABC Talk Radio here in New York today. It's the home of Hannity, Limbaugh, Crowley, Beck, Levin, etc., etc. On the air was some host and her comedic side kick discussing the health care reform vote...and during the discussion the host got on the phone her doctor friend whom she named and identified as affiliated with a local reputable hospital. Well, needless to say the host, sidekick and doctor were against the Obama healthcare reform, and during the discussion the sidekick chimed in about the New England Journal study about doctors quitting en masse if the reform passed. The doctor concurred......only problem is that all three were reaffirming A LIE! Check this out:
Quick Fact: Washington Times clings to doctor survey falsehood
This week, the New England Journal of Medicine released a survey of doctors showing that 46.3 percent of "primary care physicians (family medicine and internal medicine) feel that the passing of health reform will either force them out of medicine or make them want to leave medicine." Not only will doctors leave medicine, but "27 percent [of physicians] would recommend medicine as a career but not if health reform passes." The survey is merely suggestive, but if the real reduction in the number of doctors is even 5 percent or 10 percent, medical costs will rise significantly. A lower supply of doctors amid rising demand for care means higher medical prices.
Fact: The Medicus Firm, a medical recruitment firm, conducted the survey
NEJM Spokeswoman confirmed survey has nothing to do with NEJM's "original research" and "was not published" by Journal. Media Matters for America contacted NEJM and received confirmation from spokeswoman Jennifer Zeis that the study had "nothing to do with the New England Journal of Medicine's original research." Zeis also made clear that the study "was not published by the New England Journal of Medicine." In fact, the Medicus Firm conducted the survey in December 2009. Medicus, a Dallas- and Atlanta-based firm that recruits and places physicians in jobs was responsible for conducting the survey. It issued a press release about the results on December 17, 2009. The report then appeared in Recruiting Physicians Today, an employment newsletter produced by the Massachusetts Medical Society, "the publishers of the New England Journal of Medicine."
http://mediamatters.org/research/201003190006
Quick Fact: Washington Times clings to doctor survey falsehood
This week, the New England Journal of Medicine released a survey of doctors showing that 46.3 percent of "primary care physicians (family medicine and internal medicine) feel that the passing of health reform will either force them out of medicine or make them want to leave medicine." Not only will doctors leave medicine, but "27 percent [of physicians] would recommend medicine as a career but not if health reform passes." The survey is merely suggestive, but if the real reduction in the number of doctors is even 5 percent or 10 percent, medical costs will rise significantly. A lower supply of doctors amid rising demand for care means higher medical prices.
Fact: The Medicus Firm, a medical recruitment firm, conducted the survey
NEJM Spokeswoman confirmed survey has nothing to do with NEJM's "original research" and "was not published" by Journal. Media Matters for America contacted NEJM and received confirmation from spokeswoman Jennifer Zeis that the study had "nothing to do with the New England Journal of Medicine's original research." Zeis also made clear that the study "was not published by the New England Journal of Medicine." In fact, the Medicus Firm conducted the survey in December 2009. Medicus, a Dallas- and Atlanta-based firm that recruits and places physicians in jobs was responsible for conducting the survey. It issued a press release about the results on December 17, 2009. The report then appeared in Recruiting Physicians Today, an employment newsletter produced by the Massachusetts Medical Society, "the publishers of the New England Journal of Medicine."
http://mediamatters.org/research/201003190006
Jeezus, are you really this fucking stupid or just pretending. The subject title is about a LIE regarding what would happen if healthcare reform was passed. You know, the healthcare reform bill that was just PASSED...that Obama will sign tomorrow? One of the top ten discussions of the media for nearly a year now? Remember now, gramps? Connect the dots yet?
was either acknowledged by Obama supporters who agreed and reflected such in recent opinion polls, disproved or explained. So your last sentence is pretty much a projection of yourself.