https://fee.org/articles/i-was-a-physician-at-a-federally-qualified-health-center-heres-why-i-no-longer-believe-government-health-care-can-work/Excellent article about the truth of what it is like to work in a government healthcare center.
The day that my government contract expired was one of the happiest days of my life. I was free. Never again would I sell myself into indentured servitude—not to the government or any other agency.
When Doctors Suffer, So Do Patients
Instead, this left-wing liberal found herself leaning to the right, embracing free-market principles to achieve the very same dream of helping the underserved by opening a direct primary care practice. In this new model, I care for many of the same patients I served at the health center—sans paperwork, burdensome regulations, and mid-level managers. My patients receive affordable, quality health care without the indignity of waiting in long lines or being forced to prove their financial eligibility. While it has been several years since I worked in a federally qualified health center, studies show that these clinics are only getting worse.