Here is an interesting piece written by a doctor who was losing money and becoming frustrated under the old health insurance regime, then dropped out of it and began practicing medicine the old-fashioned way: fee for service. It’s working wonderfully for him and his patients.
Herbert Spencer argued that individuals have a right to ignore the state. This doctor has taken a step in that direction, deciding to ignore its crummy third-party payer health care system. If Obamacare isn’t stopped, I suspect more doctors will do what he has done. And if that movement becomes significant, look for the regime to strike back, making such individualized medical service illegal — another “regulation of interstate commerce.”
