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Ms. Toad

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1. A limited selection of doctors is part of any insurance plan.

Reply to eridani (Original post)

Wed Sep 18, 2013, 07:29 AM

Sep 2013

Before making your decision to go with a particular plan, make sure your providers are on the list. Make sure the prescription drugs you take regularly are on the formulary. Make sure the pharmacy you use is in the network.

If you don't yet have a doctor, go through the list and find one and make sure s/he is accepting new patients.

This is standard fare - long before the ACA came along. And Kaiser? I've had more trouble with their network of doctors than with any other.

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Insurers limiting doctors, hospitals in health insurance market [View all] eridani Sep 2013 OP

A limited selection of doctors is part of any insurance plan. Ms. Toad Sep 2013 #1

Amen SoCalDem Sep 2013 #2

I've been on Kaiser twice Ms. Toad Sep 2013 #4

Only in the US. In Canada, you can see any practitioner you want eridani Sep 2013 #6

I was specifically commenting on health insurance - Ms. Toad Sep 2013 #7

Single payer is socialized insurance, not socialized health care. eridani Sep 2013 #8

That is really a different situation Ms. Toad Sep 2013 #9

Indeed--one in which you can go to any doctor you want with room in his/her practice n/t eridani Sep 2013 #10

But it is different BECAUSE it is single payer system - Ms. Toad Sep 2013 #12

Here in NH newblewtoo Sep 2013 #3

Status Quo ACA: Healthcare for the Rich, healthcare for the Poor leftstreet Sep 2013 #5

When pay-outs are lowered the only way to make up the difference is volume Nuclear Unicorn Sep 2013 #11