Docs are burning out, retiring, Oxnard surgeon says
Dr.
"I'm not sure patients understand," he said, arguing that growing pressures make it harder for doctors to do what made them enter medicine: help their patients get better.
"I would retire tomorrow if I could," he said, contending that the sentiment is common. "Your doctors are under a lot of stress."
The complaints emerged during and after a Wednesday night forum sponsored by the
On a panel that included Democratic state Sen.
He told the audience the Affordable Care Act hasn't really affected the way doctors practice medicine but instead focuses on the way patients are covered for care.
But he railed about a
He railed, too, about mandates that tie
"The truth is none of these (computer) systems really talk to each other," he said.
Other panelists hammered at issues that ping-ponged from the Affordable Care Act to abortion.
Jackson, the
Hyde, president of the
Hyde questioned government spending on
They debated attempts to control prescription medicine costs and the tobacco tax proposal of Proposition 56.
Wan was the wild card. In practice for 28 years, he chairs a committee at St. John's hospitals in
He cited a
"Physicians want to do work that's energizing and meaningful," he said. "The system is really getting in the way of that."
The goal, he said, wasn't to pile complaint on top of complaint but to help patients understand what's happening to their care. He urged people to make sure policymakers know their priorities on health care.
"You as patients have to think about what you want from your physician," he said.
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