Posted on 10/14/2013 4:49:13 AM PDT by Kaslin
“Exchanges” in GA are “firing” a ton of docs and some of the more popular hospitals around too. I can hardly wait to hear the whining commence.
I question the accuracy of the article. UHC is not laying off doctors, UHC is not renewing previous provider contracts, at least not until closer to the December 15 signup deadline. Both doctors and hospitals are involved in the process.
Those being laid off are actually the currently insured.
They have the choice of keeping their doctor and finding a new insurer or keeping their insurer and finding a new doctor. If there is no other insurer, it is because others too have withdrawn.
You make a point but it is not on target. At present, the future is quite fluid. It is obvious that there is going to be serious, perhaps mortal, trouble with Obamacare. There is a possibility, though not great, that it would be defunded or changed in some major manner in the immediate present.
When contracts are to be made for the next year prior to the new enrollment period deadline and the very nature of those contracts uncertain, prudence dictates patience to see how it will fall out during the first 60 days of the enrollment window.
I am in this very dilemma at present. UHC has settled with a major hospital group and hopefully will settle with my doctor’s group prior to December 15. This happened in 2011 and the agreement came 7 days before the deadline.
IIRC the Veterans Organizations did a similar thing under Clinton. Despite his and Hillary showing of disrespect for the individual military and downsizing the organizations, the Veteran Organizations refused to speak out against them because they were looking for monetary enhancements.
I did not renew my American Legion membership for that reason.
Following the Clinton lead, Obama has placed his lackey’s charge of the in the military.
Yes, it does make feel better to complain.
Fascism always sounds great to the rope makers when the government promises to buy up all they can make. But they fail to realize they’re always the first ones that get hung when they try to actually collect from their fees from the government.
I heard that is SPECIFICALLY not allowed in the Obamacare bill.,
The first wife or child of a Congress person that dies under all this mess will sure get headlines.
yeah, but you know about what scarcity does to services in high demand...
high demand...
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Demand is certainly a consideration be it high or low.
We don’t the real numbers in this situation.
Smart for whom? The triage doctors?
Isn't UHC wholly-owned by AARP? Who traitorously endorsed Obamacare in 2009, on the eve of its passage, in a well-greased-up decision Obama "helped" them with?
Neither do I but—here’s a number worth thinking about: 660,000 docs in US approx and 250,000 are over 55. That’s more than a third of the total number.
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