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In reply to the discussion: Today? "You can KEEP your insurance, PERIOD." Tomorrow? "You can KEEP your DOCTOR, PERIOD." [View all]BlueStreak
(8,377 posts)The provision in the ACA ALLOWED insurance companies to continue to offer grandfathered policies. It didn't compel them to. You can't compel an insurance company to continue offering a product they don't want to offer. They can rightly argue that because of so many of their customers moving to ACA plans, ht isn't cost efficient to maintain a provider network for the old policy.
And you are right. If this "keep your policy" thing got settled, that doesn't guarantee you can keep your doctor. Once again, every doctor has the right to choose which networks they will participate in each year. You cannot compel a doctor to remain in a network if he doesn't want to.
Talk about an intrusive government program. I thought the Republicans wanted to keep Government out of this stuff.