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Thousands of doctors fired by United HealthCare
WTNH-TV ^ | October 10, 2013 | Jocelyn Maminta

Posted on 10/11/2013 7:34:38 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH)-- In the midst of major changes in health care, United HealthCare has sent thousands of pink slips to Connecticut doctors.

Termination letters went to physicians caring for Medicare patients.

Those letters were sent out to doctors caring for 'Medicare Advantage' patients.

It's a plan, marketed to Seniors to provide additional services through UnitedHealthCare.

A mix of primary care and specialty doctors are affected by it. And it comes at a questionable time.

Open enrollment for Medicare starts next Tuesday, and it's still not clear at this time as to which doctors are still in the United network....

(Excerpt) Read more at wtnh.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; US: Connecticut
KEYWORDS: bhohealthcare; connecticut; healthcare; layoffs; medicare; medicine; seniors; unitedhealthcare
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So it begins.
1 posted on 10/11/2013 7:34:38 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Open enrollment for Medicare starts next Tuesday ...

The Sheeple don't even know what's about to hit .... Hold the line ...

2 posted on 10/11/2013 7:36:13 AM PDT by 11th_VA (I want a president who won't enforce tax laws ...)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

If you like your job you can keep your job...oops.


3 posted on 10/11/2013 7:37:50 AM PDT by Hotlanta Mike ("Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish - too much handling will spoil it." Lao Tzu)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

More confusion and chaos. Everyday there’s a new horror with Obamascare.


4 posted on 10/11/2013 7:38:07 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: 11th_VA

I have a family member in nursing school who is being trained on how to give a complete physical. For what its worth.


5 posted on 10/11/2013 7:38:14 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“So it begins.”
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How will it end? What will be left?


6 posted on 10/11/2013 7:38:51 AM PDT by AlexW
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To: Buckeye McFrog

Those fired doctors should get together - open a practice with “cash only”.


7 posted on 10/11/2013 7:39:08 AM PDT by GYPSY286 (Politicians must USE their heads or Americans will LOSE their heads.)
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To: 11th_VA

I never imagined that being a patient at the VA medical system would be an advantage!


8 posted on 10/11/2013 7:39:48 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You can't invade the mainland US There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Does “pink slips” equate to Doctors being removed from the Unite HealthCare network?


9 posted on 10/11/2013 7:39:54 AM PDT by IamConservative (The soul of my lifes journey is Liberty!)
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To: Buckeye McFrog; 11th_VA

Oh yes, the “barefoot doctor” plan like Communist Cuba and China.


10 posted on 10/11/2013 7:40:57 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You can't invade the mainland US There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Obamacare will make our healthcare worse.


11 posted on 10/11/2013 7:41:03 AM PDT by MulberryDraw (That which cannot be paid, won't be paid.)
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To: Hotlanta Mike

If you like your plan, you can keep it,
if you like your doctor, you can keep him...

He knew he was lying when he said these things.


12 posted on 10/11/2013 7:41:12 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: Hotlanta Mike

Pelosi should be please they can finally pursue their real dreams of being a clown or a painter.


13 posted on 10/11/2013 7:43:04 AM PDT by TurboZamboni (Marx smelled bad & lived with his parents most his life.)
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To: GYPSY286
Those fired doctors should get together - open a practice with “cash only”.

That will not be permitted. That would make those doctors 'wreckers' in commie parlance. 'Wreckers' go to the gulags.

14 posted on 10/11/2013 7:44:03 AM PDT by Paine in the Neck (Is John's moustache long enough YET?)
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To: Hotlanta Mike

Hah! Made me laugh. so true.


15 posted on 10/11/2013 7:44:32 AM PDT by unsycophant
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To: TurboZamboni

Pelosi should be please they can finally pursue their real dreams of being a clown or a painter.


Certainly they can apply for unemployment benefits, which Pelousi maintains is one of the best types of stimulus for the economy.


16 posted on 10/11/2013 7:45:11 AM PDT by Hotlanta Mike ("Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish - too much handling will spoil it." Lao Tzu)
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To: 11th_VA

The Sheeple don’t even know what’s about to hit .... Hold the line ...

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Yes, its going to get a LOT worse. The systemic complexity of this thing is mindboggling. It will collapse under its own weight.

The Sheeple are slowly starting to figure this out and now they can see the cost will be unaffordable as well.
Concern and confusion will slowly morph into outright resentment.

The government has totally screwed up healthcare. Dems are going to get the blame for this fiasco.


17 posted on 10/11/2013 7:45:57 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
I never imagined that being a patient at the VA medical system would be an advantage!

It's definitely turned out that way, and I bet the VA will see hundreds of thousands of new enrollees once it's widely known that being enrolled with the VA keeps the enrollees from being ensnarled by the Obamacare fiasco.

18 posted on 10/11/2013 7:47:19 AM PDT by Will88
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To: MrB

The entire thing is a scam built on lies. A medical Ponzi scheme. Obama deceived the people and when they finally realize it he will pay a price for that.


19 posted on 10/11/2013 7:47:49 AM PDT by Starboard
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Andrew Puzder: ObamaCare and the Part-Time Economy

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303382004579127162339871336.html


20 posted on 10/11/2013 7:48:28 AM PDT by Hotlanta Mike ("Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish - too much handling will spoil it." Lao Tzu)
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