Some South Florida docs decline to accept Obamacare

miamiherald.com ^ | July 12, 2014 | DANIEL CHANG

[ogen hal]

I hope more doctors quit practicing so as to make more people experience suffering from yet another LIB/DIM “program”. Maybe more people will awaken...maybe.

[boop]

That's the whole point. Doctors KNOW that if the patient received his insurance card on the exchange, there's a damned likely chance they won't get paid at all.

But yet the doc gets ALL of the legal liability.

Would ANYONE in any other line of work accept these terms?

Oh, you "might" get paid, you might not, who knows?

Yeah, just great.

[gattaca]

I was telling my friend about this issue, and she basically said...doctors are not refusing to take Obamacare. The Obamacare health insurance plan doesn’t exist. If people buy private insurance through the exchanges, there is no way for a doctor to know how it is funded unless a patient tells them. If doctors are refusing all insurance plans available on the exchanges, blame the doctor because you can’t blame Obamacare for ignorant doctors.

How do I answer this arrogance?

[Tzimisce]

Well the solution is obvious: we’re just going to have to force the doctors to the work.

It’s not slavery - it’s totally different.

Now go pay your taxes, your government is broke.

[VerySadAmerican]

Debbie Wasserman Schultz: “I believe the onus is on the insurers and the providers to bridge this gap and provide reliable, consistent customer service.”

Translation: “Doctors have much more money to donate to my campaign. All I get from poor people are their votes. So, don’t call me.”

[boop]

Here's the rub. Doctors CAN find out if a person has regular insurance, or it's government subsidized though an established company.

Same company, but different co-pays, etc.

And WHEN the person being subsidized decides that $200 per month with a $5000 deductible is just too much to pay, and they stop making agreed to premiums, the policy gets cancelled. AFTER you've seen them and rendered care.

So you get NOTHING! You LOSE! Good day sir!

Mark my words this is going to happen, and already is.

I can't make it plainer than that.

An "insurance card" does not guarantee "health care".

The very same thing would happen if someone with a non-Obama subsidized plan decided to stop paying premiums.

The policy is cancelled.

And we don't take expired insurance, no matter how shiny the card is.