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    Will the federal government force college bound students to become doctors?

    This may sound nuts now but if this healthscare bill becomes law they are predicting a huge shortage of doctors on top of the shortage that would occur anyway due to aging baby boomers. This makes me think that if the federal government can force people ,via a tax penalty, to buy a product or service then why couldn't it force college bound students to become doctors instead maybe the engineer they planned on. The feds could simply refuse student aid if the student didn't comply or a tax penalty just like the insurance mandate. Yep I agree it sounds crazy but then I thought forcing us to buy a service such as health insurance was crazy too but it sure as hell looks like it going to be a reallity. Right now I wouldn't put anything past those fuckers.

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    Re: Will the federal government force college bound students to become doctors?

    I think you need a Xanax.

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    Re: Will the federal government force college bound students to become doctors?

    Quote Originally Posted by sinebar View Post
    This may sound nuts now but if this healthscare bill becomes law they are predicting a huge shortage of doctors on top of the shortage that would occur anyway due to aging baby boomers. This makes me think that if the federal government can force people ,via a tax penalty, to buy a product or service then why couldn't it force college bound students to become doctors instead maybe the engineer they planned on. The feds could simply refuse student aid if the student didn't comply or a tax penalty just like the insurance mandate. Yep I agree it sounds crazy but then I thought forcing us to buy a service such as health insurance was crazy too but it sure as hell looks like it going to be a reallity. Right now I wouldn't put anything past those fuckers.
    OMFG! And maybe the medical schools to train them will actually be prison camps! And maybe the teaching physicians there will actually be Cuban agents!

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    Re: Will the federal government force college bound students to become doctors?

    Sounds like the weakest totalitarian state ever.

    "They...they forced me into the world's most respected profession!"
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    Re: Will the federal government force college bound students to become doctors?

    well it looks like glenn beck actually DOES have an account here after all...sinebar why haven't you defended yourself against accusations of rape in 1990? where were you in 1990? i'm just asking questions...
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    Re: Will the federal government force college bound students to become doctors?

    Now where is that "Alternate Awards" at again....

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    Re: Will the federal government force college bound students to become doctors?

    Quote Originally Posted by Speakeasy View Post
    Sounds like the weakest totalitarian state ever.

    "They...they forced me into the world's most respected profession!"
    Rofl!

    Of course, maybe it won't be the world's most respected profession after it becomes just another government job filled by candidates who were forced into it from prison labor camps.

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    Re: Will the federal government force college bound students to become doctors?

    Of course it won't be the world's most respected profession when they are just government bureacrats like the fat, mean-tempered, lazy women who work at the driver's license bureau.

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    Re: Will the federal government force college bound students to become doctors?

    Quote Originally Posted by sinebar View Post
    This may sound nuts now but if this healthscare bill becomes law they are predicting a huge shortage of doctors on top of the shortage that would occur anyway due to aging baby boomers. This makes me think that if the federal government can force people ,via a tax penalty, to buy a product or service then why couldn't it force college bound students to become doctors instead maybe the engineer they planned on. The feds could simply refuse student aid if the student didn't comply or a tax penalty just like the insurance mandate. Yep I agree it sounds crazy but then I thought forcing us to buy a service such as health insurance was crazy too but it sure as hell looks like it going to be a reallity. Right now I wouldn't put anything past those fuckers.
    I'd have to see a link to a news story or something before I believe this as true BUT taking what you say as at face value for the moment; I don't think any of us would want to get treatment from a doctor that was forced into the profession.

    If pure market forces can't lure people into the profession and the govt. has to force or compel people into it then that makes me question the kind the health care I might get from such a doctor.

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    Re: Will the federal government force college bound students to become doctors?

    Eh, teachers get special tuition help. Is that bad?
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    Re: Will the federal government force college bound students to become doctors?

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    Eh, teachers get special tuition help. Is that bad?
    Probably. Its not like there is a shortage of teachers, just a shortage of good teachers. That is because of the NEA, the local unions and the pernicious influence of professional teacher training at colleges.

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    Re: Will the federal government force college bound students to become doctors?

    Quote Originally Posted by Speakeasy View Post
    Sounds like the weakest totalitarian state ever.

    "They...they forced me into the world's most respected profession!"

    this is what happened in the USSR and across the eastern bloc. kids got funneled to this profession or that. of course docs did get the big bucks and s they failed on these five year plans as well. they tended to send females that way.
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    Re: Will the federal government force college bound students to become doctors?

    Quote Originally Posted by Tanngrisnir3 View Post
    OMFG! And maybe the medical schools to train them will actually be prison camps! And maybe the teaching physicians there will actually be Cuban agents!
    Well don't blow a gasket. I'm just throwing this out there for fun. But I got to tell ya I'm starting to wonder about the direction of this nation.

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    Re: Will the federal government force college bound students to become doctors?

    Quote Originally Posted by Speakeasy View Post
    Sounds like the weakest totalitarian state ever.

    "They...they forced me into the world's most respected profession!"
    Really?......I put todays doctors right up there with electricians, mechanics, teachers, etc. They are now a compromised lot, it seems (to me).
    Take a good hard look, it's coming.

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    Re: Will the federal government force college bound students to become doctors?

    FORCE, I don't see how anyone can force another to be a doctor but at the same time I don't see why anyone would want to be a doctor under any form of socialized medicine or socialized health care. Its basic risk vs reward and I highly doubt even the best of us [humanity] can stand our shit.

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