Obamacare denies patients - doctors and cancer treatment

Discussion in 'Politics' started by jem, Mar 20, 2014.

  1. jem

    jem

    OBAMACARE PATIENTS DENIED ACCESS TO DOCTORS, HOSPITALS, CANCER CENTERS


    Obamacare patients are discovering that many doctors, hospitals, and top cancer centers do not accept the plans they purchased.
    "It's so frustrating," Terri Durheim of Enid, Okla., told CNN. "It's not doing me a lot of good."
    Durheim is not alone. Obamacare's so-called "narrow networks" are designed to limit customer choices to push patients into cheaper choices in an effort to control costs. Earlier this year Washington Post health writer Sarah Kliff warned that "Obamacare's narrow networks are going to make people furious – but they might control costs." A McKinsey and Co. study finds that more than one in three (38%) Obamacare plans permit patients to select from just 30% of the largest 20 hospitals in their geographic region.
    For patients like Durheim, the reality of Obamacare's slender options is forcing hard choices. Her son's serious heart condition means she needs a pediatric cardiologist nearby. However, the nearest doctor her Obamacare plan covers is over an hour away.
    "Obviously we'd have to pay out of pocket and go here in town, but that defeats the purpose of insurance," says Durheim.
    Cancer patients are also waking up to the realities of Obamacare's narrow networks. According to an Associated Press analysis, only four of 19 nationally recognized comprehensive cancer centers offer Obamacare patients access to their facilities through all insurance plans in their state Obamacare exchanges.
    "The challenges of this are going to become evident... as cancer cases start to arrive," Executive Vice President of Seattle Cancer Care Alliance Norman Hubbard told NBC News.

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    http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Govern...ed-Access-to-Doctors-Hospitals-Cancer-Centers
     
  2. LEAPup

    LEAPup

    Onazi is going to "get rid" of those older infidels who actually knew freedom, and this is a genius way (I hate to even say that:() to do it without the gas, or guns Hitler used. The newest generations coming up, already have no expectation of privacy, and know very little freedom, so all he has to do is get rid of those who actually KNEW freedom, and WILL fight back by educating the young.
     
  3. exGOPer

    exGOPer

    So people who couldn't get insurance before are GETTING insurance with narrower networks - ofcourse this is Obamacare's fault. Why didn't he tax more to pay for the more expensive plans.

    All this while keeping in mind that without Obamacare the victims paraded by Cons would be in the same or worse situation.
     
  4. Max E.

    Max E.


    They also deny medicine.


    Harry Reid is going to have a hard time portraying Will Pitt as a Koch brothers shill...

    William Rivers Pitt, a leftwing editor at TruthOut, whose foibles have been chronicled in NewsBusters and is probably best known for his journalism "scoop" of predicting the indictment of Karl Rove on May 12, 2006, is back in the spotlight again. While waiting 24 business hours to elapse for the Rove indictment to finally take place, Pitt shocked many at the Democratic Underground by posting an extremely angry attack, What I've learned about the Affordable Care Act, upon Obamacare due to a bad personal experience with it. In order to fully appreciate how far Pitt has turned against Obamacare, we need to go to his DU post back in December when he was proclaiming his love for Obama's signature plan...before he even experienced it:

    What I've learned after a three-month war with these fiends: the ACA says the insurance companies cannot deny coverage to those with pre-existing conditions, which is true as far as it goes. But they can deny coverage for the life-saving medications necessary to treat those conditions. The insurance company I signed up with through the ACA exchange just denied coverage of my wife's multiple sclerosis medication. We're "covered," to the tune of $700 a month...just not for what she really needs.

    A cozy loophole, that.

    F--- you, insurance industry.

    F--- you, Mr. President, you piece of sh*t used-car salesman.

    From my heart and soul, f--- you.

    I long for a time machine.

    I helped, in my own small way, to promote this thing, because of the pre-existing conditions aspect that would benefit my wife. I feel like a f---ing dupe.

    On edit: I AM a f---ing dupe. Last time that happens.




    Read more: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/pj-glad...#ixzz2wSwzqWn7
     
  5. Ricter

    Ricter

    Yes.