[fhiggi]

Here is my understanding as a patient under the age of 65 (been a patient since inception). If you are under 65 and currently a patient and have insurance they accept, you are okay. If your insurance changes to a plan they do not accept (like Aetna), you can no longer be a patient. Although they accept cash, they will not let you pay cash if you have insurance. I spoke with five different people, including upper management CEO types, and if you have insurance they do not accept, you are out of luck. I questioned the logic because using them would only mean out of network for me, so I would pay cash and then submit the claim to the insurance company. They told me their policy is to not accept cash from a patient with insurance. Didn't matter what my argument was; didn't matter that I've been a patient since inception. If my plan changes to something they don't take, I have to find a new primary care doctor. I'm not happy about this because I love my doctor, but that's they way it is for those of us under 65 who do not have insurance they accept. Unless, of course, I drop my insurance completely and pay cash for my visits.