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Originally posted by: pjstroh
No, low reimbursement prices was not an intended feature of Obamacare...because Obamacare has NOTHING TO DO WITH IT. Low reimbursement prices are not a feature of Obamacare in any way shape or form. You keep pointing to a "cause-and-effect" relationship between what insurers pay doctors and the ACA which has nothing to do with that process in any way shape or form.
I suspect the insurance companies want to stay in business so they will likely raise their payment rates to doctors in your area in time. I would expect that will be necessary if they want people to buy their plans.
Thats the free market way, isn't it? If you can show me Obamacare interferes with their ability to do this I will concede your point. Otherwise you dont have a point.
Originally posted by: pjstroh
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Originally posted by: alanleroyII
Ok..Let me get this straight. We have spent untold billions implementing a new healthcare insurance scheme. Now, the products actually being offered are not being accepted by a large percentage of physicians because doing so will bankrupt them.
Was this an intended feature of Obamacare...that is it's something the Architects planned for or is it a surprise? How does this improve medical care if so many of the actual people doing the real work of medicine decide not to participate? What was the point? Sure PJ can blame the Insurance Companies 'not the law', but doesn't the success of Obamacare depend on, you know....doctors actually participating?
Hey, maybe Fresno is an anomaly. Maybe other areas are more successful. Around here, the largest private doctor groups are opting out. That doesn't bode well for Obamacare in these parts. Spin it any way you want, but the Obamacare enrollees that can't find a doctor or have incredible waits to see a doctor are going to start wondering why they are paying those premiums....subsidized or not.
No, low reimbursement prices was not an intended feature of Obamacare...because Obamacare has NOTHING TO DO WITH IT. Low reimbursement prices are not a feature of Obamacare in any way shape or form. You keep pointing to a "cause-and-effect" relationship between what insurers pay doctors and the ACA which has nothing to do with that process in any way shape or form.
I suspect the insurance companies want to stay in business so they will likely raise their payment rates to doctors in your area in time. I would expect that will be necessary if they want people to buy their plans.
Thats the free market way, isn't it? If you can show me Obamacare interferes with their ability to do this I will concede your point. Otherwise you dont have a point.
The point is ACA cannot be successful without physician participation. Why spend the time and money if the result is millions of newly insured people with without doctors to accept their insurance. Yeah, that's going to be a real winner.
