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Old 02-03-2016, 09:24 AM
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Originally Posted by villagetinker View Post
Here is my take on the situation;
First, if you read the recent article in the Daily Sun, it actually noted there were 12 (yes twelve) specialists in the system. Think about this, anyone who needs more care then the PC, will be referred to a specialist, if they are "limited to 1250 patients", guess what LONG wait times, etc. Unfortunately my wife sees 3 to4 specialists, what a mess.
No add it the news release a few months ago that United Health Care (sound familiar) is LOSING several hundred MILLION dollars on these SUPPLEMENT programs. <snip>
I have a different take:
1. I have never read that specialists in the system are limited to 1,250 patients. I can only recall this limit pertaining to primary care physicians.
2. In November 2015 UnitedHealth announced that it is scaling back its marketing of Obamacare exchange plans and may exit the program completely. These are NOT Medicare Supplement plans.