Also, many of the large insurers have firmly negotiated rates with MDA because MDA is the 800 pound gorilla of cancer treatment, and all the major insurers almost have to deal them or they are missing a big piece of the market.
What this really means is that people that are dumb enough to sign up for an Obamacare plan will not have access to MDA.
They will be relegated to use less qualified facilities that the government deems suitable for their use. And, more of them will die if they ever get cancer.
The sad thing is Gabrial, is that many Americans will be forced to go to the exchanges.
What you are seeing in the individual coverages will spread like cancer to the group coverages next year.
I am on a plan, a group plan, that includes coverage that allowed me to go to MDA Anderson in 2010 and have my lifer saved there from a very rare cancer...and now be seen each year for checkup and treatment as required.
Next year you will see most plans like the one I am on canceled...just like the individual plans are being canceled now. Once they are, you will either be able to get a new plan from your provider that meets the ObamaCare requirements (meaning no MD Anderson) and will cost about 3x as much per months with a 3-4x larger deductable, or will have to go to the exhanges to get a plan (which will mean the same).
The people who can afford to pay for MD Anderson out of pocket (meaning they are very well off...which I have no problem with and say good for them) will do so. There are many people in the US who have that wherwithall and will make use of MD Anderson, many from overseas will too...and in fact, already are.
But the vast majority of Americans will be denied this service. A service they have now...and they will be put into a position where decision making regarding their very life will be handed over to the government and it bureaocrats and panels.
This is exactly what is happening at MD Anderson. And a significantly high percentage of those cash paying foreigners are rude, arrogant racists (who hate pork). Those specific patients treat the staff terribly, resulting in a concerning exodus of medical personnel.