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-- -- -- You know on the according to a new study four in -- US doctors struggle with job now Fox News health dot com.
Managing editor doctor Manny Alvarez joins us now to discuss the implications of today's.
Medical and the -- where they don't care if I have don't have forgot I'd pull that a lot of practicing medicine sorry doctor burnout a big problem true absolutely -- this is now that this is one of the biggest surveys they come out with looking at 7000 doctors.
Basically asking very specific questions about extortion.
-- -- ballot.
Personal feelings you know suicides and what you find is that four out of ten physicians are basically saying.
-- -- We're told -- we don't know -- -- And this is has huge implications because even if you look at the -- positions look at patients that -- -- deep personal lines.
And it affects a clinical practice.
And you know look this is this something that is very big it's only gonna get worse.
Worse.
If it's four out of ten trust me we did this sort of curious from now it'll be seven out of ten had a lot of positions are basically saying right now.
In in the prime of their careers look you know what I'm opening a restaurant -- if I could or I'm doing something else because I cannot take this anymore.
I mean to your point it is only gonna get worse the drilling of debt.
Criticisms of the Affordable Care Act right is a doctor short.
But look at head to head -- what -- they -- what's basically.
Let's start with malpractice which is my biggest beef you know -- -- laugh at.
All of these policies that come out onto -- on the -- of the age of -- -- -- under the age of -- don't -- cholesterol -- you know what if somebody -- something.
They gonna find a lawyer was gonna say well you know what you didn't really thought yeah fine print that analysts -- you anyway.
Bob -- -- the front line positions when you talk about ER doctors will be -- alliance and our people that are really the front lines the amount of patient is that they have to see just to make a buck.
Is incredible.
Number two reimbursement of the three the all the electronics and regulation from the -- and you name it.
I'd look every day in the front page and every day in the front page of this government they tell you you adopted -- a bad person.
You know what at the end of the day you wake up 1 morning you say why I might do when this what's the and that's exactly what a lot of positions are feeling.
And has been reflected on this and you gonna see things happening in the future which are gonna be very bad for health care.
About the many thank you so my got to get a wig you he's put that back up.
