OriginalShroom
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We tried to warn you..
What is Obama gonna do, sign an EO ordering Doctors to treat patients or lose their license?
What is Obama gonna do, sign an EO ordering Doctors to treat patients or lose their license?
Doctors Begin To Refuse Obamacare Patients | The Daily Caller
Obamacare plans have shrunk payments to physicians so much that some doctors say they wont be able to afford to accept Obamacare coverage, NPR reports.
Many of the eight million sign-ups in Obamacare exchanges nationwide already face more limited choices for physicians and hospitals than those in the private insurance market. But with low physician reimbursement rates, the problem could get even worse.
For a typical quick patient visit, Dr. Doug Gerard, a Connecticut internist, told NPR a private insurer would pay $100 while Medicare would pay around $80. But Obamacare plans are more likely to pay closer to $80, which Gerard says is unsustainable for his practice.
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You get what you pay for, said Connecticut State Medical Society president-elect Bob Russo. If you cant convince [doctors] that theyre not losing money doing their job, then its a problem. And they havent been able to convince people of that.