Obamacare's Destruction of Primary Care Doctors Continues

[WHO IS SERAFIN]

The lives being destroyed from obama care are really piling up.

Before Obamacare was pushed through Congress in 2010 by Democrats unwilling to consider opposition voices to the legislation, conservatives and doctors repeatedly warned the bill would destroy the ability for physicians to properly function inside a government controlled system. Those warnings went unheeded and now patients and those in need of medical care are experiencing even less access to primary care doctors specifically assigned to them under new healthcare regulations. From AP:

When Olivia Papa signed up for a new health plan last year, her insurance company assigned her to a primary care doctor. The relatively healthy 61-year-old didn't try to see the doctor until last month, when she and her husband both needed authorization to see separate specialists.

She called the doctor's office several times without luck.

"They told me that they were not on the plan, they were never on the plan and they'd been trying to get their name off the plan all year," said Papa, who recently bought a plan from a different insurance company.

It was no better with the next doctor she was assigned. The Naples, Florida, resident said she left a message to make an appointment, "and they never called back."

The Papas were among the 6.7 million people who gained insurance through the Affordable Care Act last year, flooding a primary care system that is struggling to keep up with demand.

A survey this year by The Physicians Foundation found that 81 percent of doctors describe themselves as either over-extended or at full capacity, and 44 percent said they planned to cut back on the number of patients they see, retire, work part-time or close their practice to new patients.

At the same time, insurance companies have routinely limited the number of doctors and providers on their plans as a way to cut costs. The result has further restricted some patients' ability to get appointments quickly. http://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2014/12/08/the-obamacare-destruction-of-primary-care-doctors-continues-n1929063

 

[DrLeftover]

A couple of months ago my wife's Primary Care announced he was ceasing general practice and going private where he could be more selective about which insurance he honors.

We're still waiting to see if he'll take our coverage.

The doctor my father was dealing with retired back in the summer, and what he told us was that it was too much of a headache to stay in business.

Fortunately for me, my "GP" is whoever is in the walk in clinic that day.

 

[WHO IS SERAFIN]

We have a Cadillac plan which of course it is deemed to good. And obama deems it not fair we can afford such a plan but others can't. So yesterday we got what we deserve according to our "fair" and "benevolent" government and that is our yearly $150.00 dollar increase since 2011. Luckily we can still take on that extra burden but its getting close to thinking about just dropping all insurance and going with cash doctors only that do there own kind of private insurance just for a doctors patience. And be the person who takes on the IRS in court when they try and do something about it. Since right now the only thing they can do is take any money you might have for a return. But you know the IRS is not going to except that before long with what I am sure is going to be a health insurance revolt among Americans.

I mean this with all my heart and I truly am not exaggerating on this but I see swear to you I see obama as no better then a mass murderer on death row. We have a true mass American murdering president in office.