It’s one thing to enroll and obtain an insurance policy
on the Obamacare exchanges, it’s quite another to find a doctor, or hospital
that will participate. Many are finding
out the pickings are slim.
FRANKLIN,
TN (WSMV) -
It's been less a month since the Affordable Care Act started
providing health coverage for people who bought insurance through the exchange,
and now some people who are going to the doctor for the first time are finding
some complications.
"We have health insurance that is worthless," said
customer Shawnna Simpson.
Simpson found out last week the new insurance for which she is
paying $600 a month was a bad choice for her family.
Her 15-year-old daughter was hurt in a cheerleading accident, so
Simpson called her family doctor only to learn
they
don't take her new health plan: Blue Cross Network E.
they
don't take her new health plan: Blue Cross Network E.
Ever since, she's been on the phone with the healthcare exchange,
looking for a family doctor in Williamson County that accepts her plan, but
finding none.
"We can't use it in the county where we live," she said
Some Blue States are trying to remedy that predicament. Legislators are making threats to force
doctors to swallow the Obamacare snake oil.
If these physicians refuse, states will revoke their licenses, thereby
denying them the ability to practice.
What we will witness is legions of doctors retiring, or moving to
friendly Red States. We could have a
Canadian style health care tourism within the United States. New Yorkers will travel to Texas to expedite
simple medical procedures. I can
actually see health care cost decreasing in those states that refuse this
Obamacare monstrosity.
Since the third-party payer system would be eliminated, customers
will have to pay cash. Patients will
know the actual cost of a procedure. They
will have the ability to shop around for cost effective health care. What a novel idea.
Maybe Obamacare isn’t so bad, after all.
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