Sorry Eric caused me to get Love Potion Number 9 stuck in my head. Thanks.

An important thing to know is that no fear sends shivers down the collective spine of the medical community more than these two words “Brain Drain”. For those of you who have no idea what that is:

Why are we afraid of this? Mostly because every nation that has government controlled healthcare experiences a flight of all of their capable medical professionals and guess where they come? If you guessed America give yourself a nice pat on the back. They come here because while we are not a true free market system we do offer significantly more opportunity for profit than nations with socialized medicine. Is this fear rational? Well depending on how much stock you put into surveys and polls it is very real. I’m going to link to an excellent article from Investors.com that discusses the results of a recent poll indicating 45% of physicians are willing to hang up their white coat and quit if this passes and 72% disapprove entirely, this whole article is a must read:

http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article.aspx?id=506199

I’m going to try and write a post about why they would be willing to walk away if this passes this evening.

Of course, I would LOVE to see them add it to the senate bill and see what kind of ruckus that would cause.