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Originally Posted by LndLocked
get a grip people. just a few postings back it was all about how AARP / UHC were forcing people to use Villages Health Care .... now the ACA boogieman is to blame
insurance companies have changed who is in their provider networks ever since the advent of the system. several years ago my mothers plan F through Humana dropped both the tv & leesburg hospitals off their list. i moved her to another provider that does ... no big deal.
if your provider has dropped your dr and you want to stay with them ... ask your dr's billing dept for a list of insurance providers that accept them.
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This statement is fact! I worked for one of the largest national health insurance carriers for 30 years. When providers did not want to accept our billing rules and fees, we dropped them. It did not mean the members could not continue receiving care by these doctors ..... It simply meant they would be considered as out of network providers and members would need to share the costs through deductibles or co-insurance. It was business that's all - nobody even heard of Obama Care back then. Cutting costs by using providers and facilities who accept our discounted rates helped keep out rates down. That's the real meaning of managed care.