Dr. Eowyn posted: " When he was lobbying Congress to pass
his sweeping healthcare "reform" with the Orwellian Newspeak name of the
Affordable Healthcare Act, better known as Obamacare, the POS made many
grand promises that turn out to be all lies. ______________________" Respond
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<http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/author/eowyn2/> Woman with Stage 4 cancer
loses healthplan because of
Obamacare<http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/2013/11/05/woman-with-stage-4-cancer-loses-healthplan-because-of-obamacare/>
by
Dr. Eowyn <http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/author/eowyn2/>
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When he was lobbying Congress to pass his sweeping healthcare "reform" with
the Orwellian Newspeak name of the Affordable Healthcare Act, better known
as Obamacare, the POS made many grand promises that turn out to be all lies.
____________________________
Note: Americans are discovering Obamacare is anything but affordable.
See “Obamacare
deductibles a dose of sticker
shock<http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/2013/10/14/obamacare-deductibles-a-dose-of-sticker-shock/>,”
Oct. 14, 2013.
____________________________
One of his promises was that if we like our present healthcare plans, after
Obamacare becomes law, we would not lose our plans or our doctors -- which,
of course, begs the question of why those Americans must then be subjected
to Obamacare.
Now, all those millions of Americans who do like our present healthcare
plans and our doctors are discovering that -- SURPRISE! -- Pres. Lucifer
had lied. See:
- “Obamacare disaster: Health insurances cancelling policies of hundreds
of
thousands<http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/2013/10/22/obamacare-disaster-health-insurances-cancelling-policies-of-hundreds-of-thousands/>,”
Oct. 22, 2013.
- “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/>,”
Oct. 25, 2013.
- “Top U.S. hospitals are opting out of
Obamacare<http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/2013/11/01/top-u-s-hospitals-are-opting-out-of-obamacare/>,”
Nov. 1, 2013.
Edie Sundby, who has Stage 4 gallbladder cancer, is among those Americans
who found out the truth about her president and his Obamacare: she is among
the hundreds of thousands who received a letter from her health insurance
(United Healthcare PPO) that her plan will be terminated.
After fighting her gallbladder cancer, which has a five-year survival rate
of just 2%, for nearly seven years, Sundby will now lose her team of
primary doctors and oncologists who have been crucial to saving her life.
She must now either accept the Obamacare plan and lose her world-class
doctors, or pay more for private insurance with an unfamiliar company.
I was wondering before I read her op/ed in the *Wall Street Journal, *whether
Sundby, who lives in southern California, had voted for Obama. Right at the
beginning of her op/ed is this sentence:* "My grievance is not political;
all my energies are directed to enjoying life and staying alive, and I have
no time for politics." *
That sentence tells me Sundby either had voted for Obama or not voted at
all.
We all must make time for politics, because politics has to do
with literally EVERYTHING in our lives: the air we breathe; the food we
eat; the cars and the roads on which we drive; how much money is taken from
us, under force of law; the freedom to practice our religion; our
healthcare; and more.
Edie Sundby is now discovering that elections have consequences. Too bad
those of us who did not vote for the POS and for Democrats, must suffer
along with her.
H/t *Daily
Mail*<http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2487123/Obamacare-means-stage-4-cancer-sufferer-NO-healthcare-plan-OR-doctors.html>
*~Eowyn*
[image: Edie and Dale
Sundby]<http://fellowshipofminds.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/edie-and-dale-sundby.jpg>*Edie
Sundby and her husband, Dale.*
*You Also Can't Keep Your
Doctor*<http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304527504579171710423780446>
I had great cancer doctors and health insurance. My plan was cancelled. Now
I worry how long I'll live.
By Edie Littlefield Sundby
Nov. 3, 2013
Everyone now is clamoring about Affordable Care
Act<http://online.wsj.com/public/page/health-law-rollout.html?lc=int_mb_1001>winners
and losers. I am one of the losers.
*My grievance is not political; all my energies are directed to enjoying
life and staying alive, and I have no time for politics. *For almost seven
years I have fought and survived stage-4 gallbladder cancer, with a
five-year survival rate of less than 2% after diagnosis. I am a determined
fighter and extremely lucky. But this luck may have just run out: My
affordable, lifesaving medical insurance policy has been canceled effective
Dec. 31.
My choice is to get coverage through the government health exchange and
lose access to my cancer doctors, or pay much more for insurance outside
the exchange (the quotes average 40% to 50% more) for the privilege of
starting over with an unfamiliar insurance company and impaired benefits.
Countless hours searching for non-exchange plans have uncovered nothing
that compares well with my existing coverage. But the greatest source of
frustration is Covered California, the state's Affordable Care
Act<http://online.wsj.com/public/page/health-law-rollout.html?lc=int_mb_1001>
health-insurance exchange and, by some reports, one of the best such
exchanges in the country. After four weeks of researching plans on the
website, talking directly to government exchange counselors, insurance
companies and medical providers, my insurance broker and I are as
confused as ever. Time is running out and we still don't have a clue how
to best proceed.
Two things have been essential in my fight to survive stage-4 cancer. The
first are doctors and health teams in California and Texas: at the medical
center of the University of California, San Diego, and its Moores Cancer
Center; Stanford University's Cancer Institute; and the M.D. Anderson
Cancer Center in Houston.
The second element essential to my fight is a United Healthcare PPO
(preferred provider organization) health-insurance policy.
Since March 2007 United Healthcare has paid $1.2 million to help keep me
alive, and it has never once questioned any treatment or procedure
recommended by my medical team. The company pays a fair price to the
doctors and hospitals, on time, and is responsive to the emergency
treatment requirements of late-stage cancer. Its caring people in the
claims office have been readily available to talk to me and my providers.
But in January, United Healthcare sent me a letter announcing that they
were pulling out of the individual California market. The company suggested
I look to Covered California starting in October.
You would think it would be simple to find a health-exchange plan that
allows me, living in San Diego, to continue to see my primary oncologist at
Stanford University and my primary care doctors at the University of
California, San Diego. Not so. UCSD has agreed to accept only one Covered
California plan—a very restrictive Anthem EPO Plan. EPO stands for
exclusive provider organization, which means the plan has a small network
of doctors and facilities and no out-of-network coverage (as in a
preferred-provider organization plan) except for emergencies. Stanford
accepts an Anthem PPO plan but it is not available for purchase in San
Diego (only Anthem HMO and EPO plans are available in San Diego).
So if I go with a health-exchange plan, I must choose between Stanford and
UCSD. Stanford has kept me alive—but UCSD has provided emergency and local
treatment support during wretched periods of this disease, and it is where
my primary-care doctors are.
Before the Affordable Care Act, health-insurance policies could not be sold
across state lines; now policies sold on the Affordable Care Act exchanges
may not be offered across county lines.
What happened to the president's promise, "You can keep your health plan"?
Or to the promise that "You can keep your doctor"? Thanks to the law, I
have been forced to give up a world-class health plan. The exchange would
force me to give up a world-class physician.
For a cancer patient, medical coverage is a matter of life and death. Take
away people's ability to control their medical-coverage choices and they
may die. I guess that's a highly effective way to control medical costs.
Perhaps that's the point.
*Dr. Eowyn <http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/author/eowyn2/>* | November
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