As Obamacare Deadline Looms, Doctors are Opting for “Cash Only” Clinics

benswann.com ^ | August 16, 2013 | Ben Swann

[Mike Darancette]

But if you purchase insurance to cover a catastrophic surgery or hospital stay only, it will be much cheaper.

That is not allowed under Obamacare, and Hillarycare will be worse.

[Mike Darancette]

Then if you get really sick, you take advantage of the “shall issue” provision in Obamacare and get insurance for the period of your illness.

There will only be certain times you can enroll.

[Rodamala]

Great thought—better than casinos!

...and some 3rd party insurer with heavy campaign donations to the DNC... isn't skimming the pot.

[SandwicheGuy]

A REAL reform would: 1) Eliminate ANY rôle for the federal government—because the Constitution gives the federal government no rôle. 1b) Repeal the 16th Amendment. That would eliminate non-taxable “benefits” as opposed to salary. 2) Allow the free market to operate—in which most people would, freely, choose catastrophic health insurance, and pay cash for routine medical care. 3) Any STATE that chooses, can constitutionally assist the poor with their health care or health insurance.

This is what I believe is the answer also. Unfortunately it is both constitution and common sense, so it has no chance of ever being considered.

[ExTexasRedhead]

Anyone think Hitler would have loved all the goons involved in this Holocaust?

[ArmstedFragg]

Okay, so how about a new product, Catastrophic care coverage that doesn’t qualify as an Obama approved policy, and only covers you for two months of medical bills? (Sort of a glorified version of those Cancer Only mailorder policies) If it has the same coverage delay as the OCare policies it’ll be necessary to carry it ahead of time, but it should still be cheaper than the deductables on Ocare. And the combination of the cost of the coverage, pay per use primary care, and the fine will still be cheaper than an Ocare policy.

This is one of several dozen workarounds (bankruptcy’s another), and I suspect they haven’t covered them all.

For a kid who has no insurance coverage now, carrying the risk of having to cover a month of costs while he waits out the OCare effectiveness delay is still going to be preferable to his current situation, and there’ll be a strong incentive to just take that risk. Males under 35 tend to think they’re invulnerable anyway.

[ArmstedFragg]

The California exchange actually has a catastrophic policy available for enrolees under 30. They’ve jacked up the price on it, though, so it’s not much cheaper.

[Organic Panic]

I paid cash for emergency surgery a few years ago. It was astounding how much lower the bill became when i pulled out my checkbook versus an insurance card.

[GeronL]

My niece got an MRI “after hours” for a huge discount paying cash

[Jane Long]

The Dept of Just Us will handle this cash only, 0RunAround issue.

[Appollo9919]

If you're asking if residents vote for mello roos, then the answer would be no in most situations. The tax and spend structure of the community is typically decided in advance of breaking ground by the developer and local school district.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

and if you pay in cash the price is a lot lower apparently

My doctor tells me that he could cut his bills by a third if people paid cash only.