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Trouble in Obamacare paradise: California doctors boycotting state exchange
American Thinker ^ | 12/07/2013 | Rick Moran

Posted on 12/07/2013 2:14:46 PM PST by SeekAndFind

You've probably heard about the Obamacare "success story" in California, as about 2,000 people a day are signing up for Obamacare insurance or the Medicaid expansion (mostly the latter).

What you haven't heard about is the quiet rebellion by the state's doctors - 70% of whom will not participate in the exchanges.

Examiner:

An estimated seven out of every 10 physicians in deep-blue California are rebelling against the state's Obamacare health insurance exchange and won't participate, the head of the state's largest medical association said.

"It doesn't surprise me that there's a high rate of nonparticipation," said Dr. Richard Thorp, president of the California Medical Association.

Thorp has been a primary care doctor for 38 years in a small town 90 miles north of Sacramento. The CMA represents 38,000 of the roughly 104,000 doctors in California.

"We need some recognition that we're doing a service to the community. But we can't do it for free. And we can't do it at a loss. No other business would do that," he said.

California offers one of the lowest government reimbursement rates in the country -- 30 percent lower than federal Medicare payments. And reimbursement rates for some procedures are even lower.


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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: california; obamacare; stateexchange

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