1. a) What percent of New York's 29,000 doctors say they are not participating in ObamaCare?
b) What percent are taking patients who signed up through the ObamaCare health exchanges?

2. Why are doctors afraid to participate in ObamaCare, according to Dr. Sam Unterricht, president of the New York State Medical Society?

3. Of the 23 percent of doctors accepting patients from the health care exchange, why did most say they were doing so?

4. The survey conducted by the New York State Medical Society also invited doctors to anonymously share their opinions about the new health care law. Why do you think doctors were invited to comment anonymously?

5. List at least three of the comments made by doctors from the article.

6. Doctors spend many years in college and medical school and then must complete a residency. They often take out large loans to do this. The federal government sets the rates for how much a doctor will be paid to treat Medicare and Medicaid patients and will now do so for the healthcare exhange as well.
a) Can you think of any other profession where a person is not able to negotiate the rate he/she will charge for his service, but only take what the government says he deserves? Do you support this practice? Explain your answer.
b) Do doctors have a legitimate concern? Explain your answer.
c) Ask a parent the same question.