Obamacare "Beneficiary:" I've Been Rejected by 96 Doctors So Far
So writes Danielle Kimberly in
Ebony, as she discovers for herself what conservatives meant when we repeatedly warned that obtaining health
coverage is not the same thing as securing health
care:
“I’m sorry, we are no longer accepting that kind of
insurance. I apologize for the confusion; Dr. [insert name] is only
willing to see existing patients at this time.” As a proud new
beneficiary of the Affordable Health Care Act, I’d like to report that I
am doctorless. Ninety-six. Ninety-six is the number of soul crushing
rejections that greeted me as I attempted to find one. It’s the
number of physicians whose secretaries feigned empathy while rehearsing
the “I’m so sorry” line before curtly hanging up. You see, when the
rush of the formerly uninsured came knocking, doctors in my New Jersey
town began closing their doors and promptly telling insurance companies
that they had no room for new patients. My shiny, never used Horizon
health card is as effective as a dollar bill during the Great
Depression. In fact, an expert tells CNN, “I think of (Obamacare) as giving everyone an ATM card in a town where there are no ATM machines.”
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