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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)81. That's crossed my mind. That dealing w/ins. could make a person sick. Really.
It's so stressful (to me, anyway) that words can't express. I went into a deep depression several years ago over it. Until I just decided not to go to doctors. Which is what the ins. cos. want...they do this so that no claims are turned in. BC has not had to pay out one penny for me. Just rake in thousands of dollars of pure profit.
I went to urgent care last yr for a dog bite, but that was United Healthcare. I had to pay $75 on that.
My ins. only pays for Urgent Care when dr's office is closed, and it is a true emergency. They're more expensive than a dr., I guess.
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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