America's doctors are warming to the idea of single-payer healthcare. A new survey from consulting firm Merritt Hawkins finds that 56 percent of doctors support a government-run system at least somewhat, with 42 percent expressing strong support.
It's easy to see why so many doctors are fed up with the Obamacare status quo. But a federal takeover of our healthcare system isn't the answer. Indeed, if physicians understood what single-payer means for their own profession, they'd be far less eager to make the switch.
Under a single-payer system, doctors would be forced to let the government's finances, not their own medical judgment, dictate many treatment decisions.
Such ill-advised penny-pinching is routine in the United Kingdom's National Health Service. In fact, NHS organizations are now instituting so-called "lifestyle rationing" measures that delay certain surgeries for obese patients and smokers in an attempt to keep costs in check.
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