“Computer Illiterate” Doctor Is Closing Shop Because of Obamacare? Ah, NO!

He’s claiming that the reason he is closing his practice is because of “Obamacare.” But Buzzfeed has found the real reason.

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.

Seems retirement was right around the corner for the Doctor anyway. Looks like the computer illiterate man was just looking for a reason and thought Obamacare was good as any.

File this one under Classic #Fail!