Kentucky doctor's decision to shut down practice because of Obamacare actually has nothing to do with Obamacare

[mota bhai 2,675]

A Kentucky doctor who took out a local newspaper ad saying he was closing his practice "due to the policies of Obamacare" is shutting down his practice because of federal requirements to transfer from paper to electronic records.

Dr. Stephen Kiteck of Somerset, Ky., said the financial burden of electronic records is "too much of a burden to overcome" and that he didn't want to "make a long-term investment" in his small medical practice.

Though Kiteck's ad blames Obamacare, the electronic health care incentive programs were part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act in 2009 the federal stimulus act and not part of the Affordable Care Act, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

Kiteck said he is approaching retirement age, and that he and his office are "computer illiterate," adding that he would need special training to add electronic records. He said it would be a financial burden and take "thousands of man hours or woman hours to get the records on the computer."

http://www.buzzfeed.com/jamesarkin/heres-why-that-kentucky-doctor-is-closing-his-practice-due-t?s=mobile

[JohnR! 5,495]

It is far more expeditious to blame it on the ACA, otherwise he'd get no press...

[Darnell 8,479]

Old People Suck.

[GandD 5,966]

#computersarehard

[Dakine10 5,452]

If the ACA is so bad, why have several people now been caught lying like this to make it look worse? Wouldn't it be failing on its own merits already? Does it mean that deep down these people are scared that it's actually going to work?

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

If the ACA is so bad, why have several people now been caught lying like this to make it look worse? Wouldn't it be failing on its own merits already? Does it mean that deep down these people are scared that it's actually going to work?

That's exactly what it means. Notice how there is no more talk about repealing Obamacare, no more House votes to repeal Obamacare?

[Janelle2002 3,865]

Obamacare is the excuse many doctors and employers have been waiting for.