Because our current system is so flawed that many are willing to do damn near anything in the hopes that it will be an improvement. And for the TENS OF MILLIONS of uninsured out there, it would be!

Perhaps they're tired of seeing people without insurance tax the existing systems. Perhaps they're tired of medical costs rising much higher than inflation and salaries. Perhaps they've talked with peers in countries with public health care.

Because they haven't worked in Canada.

Public Healthcare in the Uk is a complete F**k up but it works,Every body gets treated the same,wether they have money or not.The system in the UK is getting its act together but it is expensive to run. If a Doctor thinks for his patients, he should support a system that levels things out for every body.

Maybe because they want to practice medicine to improve the lives of people, to heal the sick and to be true to their oath not be pawns of big pharma and the insurance companies?

i spent 20% of my own time on senseless meddling by private insurance companies that wanted pre-authorizations, documentation, appeals, etc. 50% of a clerk's time and 100% of one billing agent's time were all spent on documentation for insurance companies (AND MEDICAID WHICH IS A STATE OPERATED FARCE). All told, $350 billion is spent on senseless administration dictated by private insurance companies that are trying to justify $100 billion profits they make by sending granny to her grave!!!

It makes their job much easier. They don't have to worry about whether they can give this drug or that test because insurance might deny it. Can they admit this person to the hospital who REALLY needs it or will insurance deny it. They spend more time seeing patients in the hospital with things like pneumonia--they could see 5 in the office getting that much needed check up or shot to prevent it. IF they really care about patients they will be for this.

yeah, i can see where you're all commin from, i mean, our government does such a great job running things... social security, welfare, the war on drugs, maintaining our infastructure... i can see why you all want to give them even more control!!! better yet ask yourself why are these politicians pushing a healthcare plan that they will convieniently exempt themselves from??

Maybe because they want to get paid without jumping through bureaucratic hoops from companies that make money every time a claim is denied. My wife is a nurse and insurance companies are mandating all sorts of record keeping while lowering reimbursement rates. If all we had to deal with was one government agency that was answerable to the people, things could only improve. The reduction in billing and record keeping would more than pay for the agency and insure everyone. The only people that would lose are the CEO's that made 14 billion dollars in the last 5 years.

Sometimes they can't do a procedure on a patient if the patient's private insurance company doesn't approve it. I can't imagine what being in that situation feels like.

If they do, there was not one mention of it in that video. Because they don't support public healthcare. They're supporting reforms to the current private health insurance market. They do support the creation of a publicly run health insurance program, but only if it is just one option to compete with private health insurance companies. (And when you read their position papers on this, it's pretty clear that they're not going to be sobbing in despair if that never comes to pass.) In other words, no single payer health care insurance plan -- they want to preserve private insurance. Health insurance and health care are related, of course, but they're not the same thing. AAFP is supporting reform to health care financing, not for a government take-over of it, and not for massive changes in the health care delivery system. The problem with this subject is that people are throwing terms around like "socialized medicine," and "public option," and "single payer," and even "health reform" without telling anyone what they mean. Everyone thinks they know what those terms mean -- but if you asked 15 different people for their definitions, you'd get 7 or eight different answers on each.