From: hrubin@skew.stat.purdue.edu   
      
   On 2014-05-16, Daryl  wrote:   
   > On 5/16/2014 3:28 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:   
   >> "Some consumers who bought insurance under President Barack Obama's   
   >> health care law are experiencing buyer's remorse after realizing that   
   >> their longtime doctors aren't accepting the new plans," the Associated   
   >> Press reports:   
      
   >> 	With insurance cards now in hand, consumers are finding   
   >> 	their access limited across all price ranges--sometimes   
   >> 	even after they were told their plan would include their   
   >> 	current doctor.   
      
   >> 	Michelle Pool is one of those customers. Before enrolling   
   >> 	in a new health plan on California's exchange, she checked   
   >> 	whether her longtime primary care doctor was covered. Pool,   
   >> 	a 60-year-old diabetic who has had back surgery and a hip   
   >> 	replacement, purchased the plan only to find that the insurer   
   >> 	was mistaken.   
      
   >> 	Her $352 a month gold plan was cheaper than what she'd paid   
   >> 	under her husband's insurance and seemed like a good deal   
   >> 	because of her numerous pre-existing conditions. But after   
   >> 	her insurance card came in the mail, the Vista, California   
   >> 	resident learned her doctor wasn't taking her new insurance.   
      
   >> 	"It's not fun when you've had a doctor for years and years   
   >> 	that you can confide in and he knows you," Pool said. "I'm   
   >> 	extremely discouraged. I'm stuck."   
      
   >> Where could insurance companies have gotten the idea that it was   
   >> acceptable to subject their customers to such bait-and-switch tactics?   
   >> The AP story continues:   
      
   >> 	The dilemma undercuts President Obama's 2009 pledge that: "If   
   >> 	you like your doctor, you will be able to keep your doctor,   
   >> 	period."   
      
   >> Oh yeah, that's where.   
      
      
      
   > When that Doctor loses every single patient then he will decide to stop   
   > charging exorbitant prices.  He's been scamming the system for years.   
      
   > Until now, he's been able to get away with it.  Since it's under a   
   > system similar to Medicare, the prices have already been set and that is   
   > all the system is going to pay.   
      
   When doctors, or anyone else who is supposed to do good for   
   people, are under government control, mediocrity or worse will   
   follow.  Some doctors in a given area are far better than others.   
      
   How about resubmitting government control with the codicil that any   
   legislator voting for it can use NOTHIN else if it passes, even if   
   he or she is seriously ill and there are others who can help.   
      
      
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