Boulder is a Stoopid Place

Followup on previous post – California: Obamacare Turning Cancer Patients Away.

 The Los Angeles Times reports that once Obamacare customers navigate the confusing websites and pay the (often higher) premiums, they face a new problem: many doctors do not accept Obamacare insurance policies. It tells the story of a cancer patient who was turned away at the oncologist’s office, and was only seen by a doctor once state regulators came to her rescue. Her story is not alone: millions will face the same problem. (emphasis added)

There are two reasons patients will be turned away: one that President Barack Obama hid, and one that he lied about. The first is that there is a shortage of doctors. There simply are not enough doctors (or nurses) to see a population of patients that grows bigger, suddenly, by some 30 million people (in theory). The second reason: insurance companies have to cut certain doctors and hospitals out of their plans in order to keep prices within a reasonable range while still covering all the things the law requires. So you can’t necessarily “keep your doctor.”

Just wait until companies start pushing their employees into Obamacare.

The websites will not be able to handle this inrush – More Healthcare Cancellations Coming Down the Pike Thanks to Obamacare – Katie Pavlich.

We’re talking the employer mandate…

Healthcare experts estimate nearly 80-100 million private and employer provided policies will eventually be cancelled as a result of Obamacare.

And the American Enterprise Institute predicts…

Last week, an analysis by the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank, showed the administration anticipates half to two-thirds of small businesses would have policies canceled or be compelled to send workers onto the ObamaCare exchanges. They predicted up to 100 million small and large business policies could be canceled next year.

Yea, Boulder liberals, that’s a “conservative think tank” but who has predicted the clusterf*** that Obamacare has turned into. Certainly not the Daily Camera or the Denver Post or the New York Times.

Hey, I thought you could keep your doctor? – Obamacare enrollees hit snags at doctors offices – latimes.com.

The examples here are people who DID their due diligence to make sure their doctor was in-network.

Sigh… I thought you could KEEP your doctor. I’m so glad that our plan is a Grandfathered plan so we CAN keep our doctors, hospitals plus a nationwide network. It’s expensive, albeit less expensvie than the cheapest exchange plan available to us. Unfortunately, it’s only a matter of time until our plan gets too expensive as the risk pool associated with it shrinks.

Just another of so many “Obamacare meets reality” stories.