Fewer Doctors / Fewer Choices
More than half of U.S. doctors experience burnout
(Reuters Health) - Burnout among U.S. doctors is becoming more common and now affects more than half of practicing physicians, according to a new study.
About 54 percent of U.S. doctors experienced a… Read More »
ER visits climb since Obamacare
Here’s a survey that won’t be posted at #BetterWithObamacare: Three-quarters of the nation’s emergency-room physicians say that visits to their ERs have gone up since implementation of the Affordable … Read More »
New Estimate Of Obamacare's Fiscal Impact On Private Doctor Practices
Under Obamacare, doctors have been strained by costly new regulations, intricate payment “reforms” that tie their Medicare reimbursement to complex federal reporting requirements, and mandates that th… Read More »
Obamacare deals blow to one-doctor medicine
Despite the predictions of fortune tellers in politics and think tanks, we won’t know for years whether the Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as Obamacare, will ultimately leave people sicker or he… Read More »
Man’s Back Surgery On Hold As Doctors Deny Covered California Coverage
A Sonora mechanic is in so much pain that he can barely walk, but he can’t seem to find a doctor to fix his ailing back after he and his wife switched their insurance coverage through Covered Californ… Read More »
Fourth Georgia hospital closes due to Obamacare payment cuts
The federal government has historically made payments to hospitals to cover the cost of uninsured patients seeking free medical care in emergency rooms, as federal law mandates that hospitals must car… Read More »
Sick Kids Denied Specialty Care Due to Obamacare in Washington
In Washington state, some sick kids have been denied specialty care due to Obamacare, a local news outlet reports: Read More »
Aetna could be forced out of Obamacare: CEO
Aetna CEO Mark Bertolini told CNBC on Wednesday that Obamacare has failed to attract the uninsured, and he offered a scenario in which the insurance company could be forced to pull out of program. Read More »
Physician says Obamacare is causing 'chaos' for doctors
The administration is furiously trying to rectify another Obamacare issue: faulty enrollment data that could soon become a significant headache for consumers and insurers.
The latter say much of the … Read More »
Top Hospitals Opt Out of Obamacare?
Americans who sign up for insurance on the state exchanges may not have access to the nation's top hospitals, Watchdog.org reports.The Obama Administration has been claiming that insurance companies w… Read More »
Ten states where Obamacare wipes out existing health care plans
President Barack Obama famously promised, “If you like your health care plan, you can keep your health care plan.” He later got even more specific.
“If you are among the hundreds of millions of Ameri… Read More »
Insurers limiting doctors, hospitals in health insurance market
The doctor can't see you now. Consumers may hear that a lot more often after getting health insurance under President Obama's Affordable Care Act.
To hold down premiums, major insurers in Californ… Read More »
Obamacare Fallout: More Doctors Opting Out of Medicare
Three times more doctors are refusing Medicare patients than three years ago, many citing Medicare's increasing rules and lowered payment rates. According to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Ser… Read More »
‘Obamacare’ health care reform ALREADY forcing doctors to close practices
After 25 years of practicing medicine, Dr. Tamzin Rosenwasser packed in her dermatology practice in 2011, barely a year after the passage of President Obama’s health care initiative. The timing wasn’t… Read More »
