Altman - End

Altman begins Chapter 19 with what Obamacare can do for primary care and preventive health. According to him, Obamacare will use efforts to provide primary care to many individuals. Primary care physicians are the most underpaid specialty. Yet, it is the most important specialty because these doctors are typically the first doctor a person sees. My mother is a primary care physician, and even though her twelve hour shifts and part time at chiropractor’s office jobs pay the bills, she still does not make as much as other specialty doctors do. But it was her choice because she knew that her job would be one of the most important ones in providing good health care. The Obamacare will provide incentives for those who wish to become primary care physicians. There will also be a 10 percent bonus for those providers who serve Medicare and Medicaid patients. Altman describes the future of health care reform as “cost control”. This definitely true because the parts of Obamacare implements some cost control benefits that have tried to pass before with many other political leaders.