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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]tammywammy
(26,582 posts)66. I've never purchased from Zenni
I'm very nearsighted, I wear a -13.0 in contacts. I would just look at frames I have that I do like and get something similar. With thick lenses even with the upgrade to high index lenses I always wear an acetate/plastic frame. My lenses still stick out quite a bit, but it looks better than a wire frame or rimless.
A couple years ago when I looked at Zenni they only did lenses up to -10.
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Here I am in a new city, embarking on trying to find an Obamacare doctor. [View all]
Honeycombe8
Sep 2017
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No, there's not. It's a link to the ins. cos. "provider list," which is what I always use.
Honeycombe8
Sep 2017
#4
AGreed, but you have to take back two of the 3 first, WH and Senate or WH and house etc
Eliot Rosewater
Sep 2017
#12
I wonder why that is? Is it possible that the drs. in Dallas refused to take it...
Honeycombe8
Sep 2017
#8
Wow, that's a lot of info. And a lot of carriers. But only BC is a big one, right?
Honeycombe8
Sep 2017
#18
It really sucks when their phone lines are busy and you are on hold for literally hours.
BigmanPigman
Sep 2017
#15
They list the doctors because we wanted our primary physician to continue to be a certain doctor and
Demsrule86
Sep 2017
#42
If you live in LA now, you could try calling the State Consumer Protection agency. Health insurers
pnwmom
Sep 2017
#74
My daughter has her firs job in a middle sized company here in Ohio...they don't even offer
Demsrule86
Sep 2017
#43
Oh, my. Cataracts. You need to have that taken care of, for sure. And diabetes...
Honeycombe8
Sep 2017
#22
We have VSP vision and so far thru the last number of years, an ophthalmologist
sprinkleeninow
Sep 2017
#69
ACA payments went up. Pretty sure she meant what she has to pay went down...
Honeycombe8
Sep 2017
#41
There were at least four companies with a few types and levels of plans each offered in LA
bettyellen
Sep 2017
#57
So get off the ACA if you're that concerned about payments to medical professionals.
WinkyDink
Sep 2017
#37
Here is the thing...I get that you don't like Obamacare but consider it is the only game in town
Demsrule86
Sep 2017
#44
By asking if they take "obamacare" they may think you are asking about Medicaid
lunasun
Sep 2017
#26
No, they don't. And that's not what I ask, anyway. They know very well what it is.
Honeycombe8
Sep 2017
#27
For what it is worth, it has long been a problem finding a doctor who will take your insurance.
PoindexterOglethorpe
Sep 2017
#29
Contact the Dems and the GOP and tell them to fix the ACA instead of playing footsie with
Demsrule86
Sep 2017
#46
I wrote about this above. Yes, I use the list every year. The ins. co. uses the same list.
Honeycombe8
Sep 2017
#35
Are you logging in as a member to BCBS so you can get the providers that specifically
ecstatic
Sep 2017
#36
Yes. It's my online account that has everything re MY policy..and I pay there.
Honeycombe8
Sep 2017
#50
I have to call. The list is wrong. It's always wrong. "They" just look at the same list I have.
Honeycombe8
Sep 2017
#49
Yes, BCBS has been sued over it. Providers know about the problem, or are surprised...
Honeycombe8
Sep 2017
#55
I wish I lived where you live. They're nice, but they're unfamiliar with things.
Honeycombe8
Sep 2017
#84
That's crossed my mind. That dealing w/ins. could make a person sick. Really.
Honeycombe8
Sep 2017
#81
Don't they have a website where you can plug in what network you're in and they give you the
beaglelover
Sep 2017
#68