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Dr. Eowyn posted: "Here's another noxious wholly-intended consequence of
the poisonous pill called Obamacare. It is not just hundreds and thousands
of Americans who are in shock from having their health insurances
cancelled. Countless elderly Americans on Medicare are" Respond to this
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<http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/author/eowyn2/> Elderly Americans in a
panic over losing doctors because of
Obamacare<http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/2013/10/25/elderly-americans-in-a-panic-over-losing-doctors-because-of-obamacare/>
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[image: Shovel ready
Obamacare]<http://fellowshipofminds.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/shovel-ready-obamacare.jpg>Here's
another noxious wholly-intended consequence of the poisonous pill called
Obamacare.
It is not just hundreds and thousands of Americans who are in shock from
having their health insurances
cancelled<http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/2013/10/22/obamacare-disaster-health-insurances-cancelling-policies-of-hundreds-of-thousands/>
.
Countless *elderly Americans on Medicare are discovering they've lost their
trusted doctors *because their HMOs (health maintenance organizations), in
a move to trim costs, have fired those physicians.
Jocelyn Maminta reports for WTNH
<http://www.wtnh.com/news/health/thousands-of-doctors-fired-by-united-healthcare>that
*UnitedHealthCare (UHC) <http://www.uhc.com/%E2%80%8E>sent thousands of
pink slips to Connecticut doctors* caring for '*Medicare
Advantage<https://www.uhcmedicaresolutions.com/health-plans/medicare-advantage-plans.html?WT.mc_id=880332>
*' patients -- a UHC plan that's marketed to Seniors to provide additional
services**.
A mix of primary care and specialty physicians are affected by it. The
firing comes at a time just when open enrollment for Medicare had begun on
Oct. 15, introducing chaos and uncertainty as to which doctors are still in
the United
network.
UnitedHealthCare spokesman Ben Goldstein says "Members with questions are
encouraged to call the customer service number on the back of their member
ID card for more information" and that "With the many changes happening in
health care, we are building a network of health care providers that we can
collaborate with more closely to have the most positive impact on the
quality of care for our members. We are prepared to help our members
transition to new providers." Blah. Blah. Blah.
*The same thing is happening in New York state.*
There are 2.6 million elderly New Yorkers who receive Medicare, one in
three of whom (nearly 900,000) are enrolled in Medicare Advantage --
Medicare HMOs run by private insurers.
Carl Campanile reports for the *New York
Post*<http://nypost.com/2013/10/25/elderly-patients-sick-over-losing-doctors-under-obamacare/>that
New Yorkers in Medicare Advantage are in a panic after getting notices
that insurance companies are booting their doctors as a result of the
shifting medical landscape under ObamaCare.
The insurance companies include UnitedHealthcare, EmblemHealth, and Empire
Blue Cross-Blue Shield.
Dr. Jonathan Leibowitz, who serves 30 patients under Medicare Advantage at
his Brooklyn practice, was told by UnitedHealthcare that because of
“significant changes and pressures in the health-care environment,” he
would be getting the ax on January 1. Leibowitz said he was blindsided: “A
patient can’t see his doctor? What are they doing!”
Leibowitz’s patients are furious. Alfred Gargiulio, who has cerebral palsy
with a seizure disorder, has been seeing Dr. Leibowitz since 1993: “Obama
had said I could keep my doctor. Now they’re doing away with my doctor.
They kicked him out! After 20 years, that’s not right. We love Dr.
Leibowitz.” Another patient, Wilma Streicher, 76, was equally baffled: “Of
course I want to keep Dr. Leibowitz. I don’t see why they want to push him
out.”
Lung-cancer patient Jeannette Campregon, 79, received a letter from
EmblemHealth saying that her internist, George Ruggiero, was terminated
from her VIP High Option Medicare Advantage network. Campregon said, “I’m
going absolutely nuts. I don’t want to change my doctor!”
The firing of so many doctors leaves patients with unenviable choices: keep
the same insurance plan and find another doctor, pay out of pocket or look
for another plan where their physician is a member.
The *Connecticut State Medical Society <http://www.csms.org/%E2%80%8E>* is
fighting back. The Society's president, Dr. Michael Saffir, says the firing
of Medicare Advantage doctors "is clearly not a patient centered decision."
He recommends to doctors that they call UnitedHealthcare to find out why
they were terminated without cause, and to seniors affected by this, they
should call the office of the HealthCare Advocate of Connecticut at
1-866-466-4446.
* Why are thousands of Medicare Advantage doctors being fired?*
*The answer is ObamaCare.*
*Under Obamacare, federal funding to Medicare Advantage is being reduced by
billions of dollars in coming years. Obama said spending on the Advantage
program is higher than regular Medicare and is "unsustainable."*
Mark my words: The firing of Medicare Advantage doctors is just the
beginning. President Lucifer is gunning for the Advantage program itself,
and ultimately all of Medicare.
Just think: What he and the Demonrats really want is the government's
takeover of the health "care" of all Americans via a "single-payer," i.e.
government-run nationalized healthcare system.
That's the ultimate goal of Obamacare.
Once this super-sized Obamacare is in place, Medicare would be a
superfluous duplicate.
*~Eowyn*
*Dr. Eowyn <http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/author/eowyn2/>* | October
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