Obama care will reduce medical costs and help the economy. ---------- why of course
ConsumerWatch: Some Covered California Patients Say They Can’t See A Doctor
http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2014/0 ... -a-doctor/
Thinn Ong was thrilled to qualify for a subsidy on the health care exchange. She is paying $200 a month in premiums. But the single mother of two is asking, what for?
“Yeah, I sign it. I got it. But where’s my doctor? Who’s my doctor? I don’t know,” said a frustrated Ong.
Those who can’t find a doctor are supposed to lodge a complaint with state regulators, who have been denying the existence of a doctor shortage for months.
Meanwhile, the sick and insured can’t get appointments.
“What good is coverage if you can’t use it?” Nguyen said.
Experts said the magnitude of the problem is growing, and will soon be felt by all Californians. But those on the front lines, like the free clinic, are feeling it first.
More than 3 million Californians are newly insured. At the same time, a third of our primary care doctors are set to retire.
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I get it, collect more money ( pay or else ) cut down on doctors and money paid to doctors and presto, money ahead ! --- Patients what are those?
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Many doctors are disturbed they will be paid less -- often a lot less -- to care for the millions of patients projected to buy coverage through the health law’s new insurance marketplaces.
http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/stories ... plans.aspx
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But never fear
ObamaCare Driving Doctors and Patients to Direct Pay
http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/he ... direct-pay
UnitedHealth Group has dropped thousands of doctors from its networks due to falling reimbursements, leaving patients wondering what their options are. So are those physicians.
One of those physicians, Dr. Josh Umbehr in Wichita, Kansas, has opened his own “direct pay” practice as an answer to both. On his website he notes the following benefits for patients who are looking for alternatives to ObamaCare. For a small monthly fee, ranging from $10 a month (for children under 20) to $100 (for adults over 65), one becomes a member of his Atlas MD
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This just get better and better --- sarcasm --- moral -- stay healthy and have money