personal story segment tonight. reaction to our reports on a possible doctor shortage in america and the health care system in canada. joining us from washington, mary catherine, juan williams, both fox news analysts. juan, the two doctors predict a big doctor shortage in america. do you concur with that prediction? i don t know. i mean, i think the whole system is changing. i think for them, neither of them take medicare and medicaid patients at the moment. so, you know, they re not great examples. but i think most doctors will tell you they don t think they re going to get a lot of money out of this system. the whole change is intended to drive down the costs of health care. let s assume, and i disagree with you, these doctors are being up-front and say look, we want to do a practice a certain way, and they certainly have a right to do that. so if that plays out, that doctors say you know what? not worth it. not making enough money. i want to do quality care and get paid for it i
from medicare and medicaid. we are fakes decreasing reimbursement and increasing cost of doing business. doctor, the patient who has medicare and medicaid. it is not like it cost you 100 to go through the procedure. they are fixed costs that the government decides no matter how long it takes and do. is that why you quit taking medicare and medicaid. that is part of it. the biggest problem with medicare was the regowls and coding. where as every other insurance company has one code for an annual check up. medicare has a different code and other codes you have to add to it to get to the same level as everybody else. we would have to employ separate people who are experts to handle just medicare when everybody else can do everything else.
the obama care. you cannot help the public with obama care? no. i am here in brooklyn waiting to speak to my health care professional in sam brand auto. we unfortunately can t help you with your health and after all of the problem. they listed the wrong phone number. you have angry new yorkers assuming you are not helping them. nright, that is not good. if you know brock lincupcakes we do a lot for the community and that is not our style. can you rent me a car insurance. can that hit a car with car insurance so i could so a doctor. can you help me get medicare. no. can you help me get medical marijuana? no. if you are calling here looking for health insurance you will not get it? but you will get delicious diabetes. you have an acent where are you
from medicare and medicaid. we are fakes decreasing reimbursement and increasing cost of doing business. doctor, the patient who has medicare and medicaid. it is not like it cost you 100 to go through the s we would have to employ separate people who are experts to handle just medicare when everybody else can do everything else.
it was regulations really and the bureaucracy is huge. when you talk about codes, we get forms from the doctor and numbers on the side that s what you are talking about. codes o864. we don t pay attention to the number but you have to pay attention to the numbers. you have to know how to code because that is where your bread and butter comes from. it is frustrating with medicare. coding is different and cumbersome and not logical compared to commercial insurers. dr. hall, i can t imagine how hard it is to go through medical school and college and internship and residency and you are years and years and years in an education process and get your medical license, i can t imagine it is so frustrating that you say i can t keep doing it. what was the breaking point for you? the breaking point for me is what they are talking about. i am a primary care drchlt i had