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In reply to the discussion: Here I am in a new city, embarking on trying to find an Obamacare doctor. [View all]Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)Just like I used it for Dallas. And the drug list.
I Just ask regular questions. I don't ask about Obamacare specifically (well, I have a couple of times), but it doesn't matter. They ALWAYS ask if that's employer insurance or individual or through the exchange. They are well aware of the differences. OR they ask for the card #...the numbers on the card identify that it was purchased through the exchange.
One who didn't ask me if it was employer insurance, said they would take some BCBS ins. (this was in Dallas) and "what is the policy #?" As soon as I said the policy number, she said, "Oh, we don't take THAT." With a not so nice tone.
So these providers are on the list because, I think, they do take SOME BCBS "advantage" policies or whatever group I'm in...they just don't take those thru the exchange.
It's not me. I'm not "asking wrong." They either take it or they don't.
BTW, TX passed a law requiring all the exchange policy insurance cards to have a code on them, identifying they are exchange policies. The providers in TX pushed for that.
One provider I DID find in Dallas (on my own), when I asked, I was shocked to hear her say, "Yes, we take that." I said "You do? I'm so surprised! I must have called about 20 doctors so far." She told me that she hears that a lot. She said they don't want to take it, really, but they are taking it because some of their pre-ACA patients have it, so they want to be accommodating.
She also told me that the lists ARE terrible. She said she's gotten a call or two from out of state people, asking if they take their insurance, because she (the dr office I'm talking to) is on THEIR list in a totally different state.
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