New health plans sold through exchanges not accepted at some prestigious NYC hospitals -

[discocrisco01]

New health plans sold through exchanges not accepted at some prestigious NYC hospitals - The Washington Post http://wapo.st/I7eKcb

[Warren Stupidity]

1. Is this today's rightwing ACA attack talkingpoint?

I've got newz for youse alls: private health insurance plans routinely limit your access to doctors and hospitals and have been doing so FOR FUCKING DECADES.

Thank you for your service.

[Mass]

2. Each insurance has its own network. When did it bother the media that an hospital was not in network

I am not arguing it is normal. A good system should include the majority of the resources available, but it is nothing specific to ACA.

[flamingdem]

3. I called ACA to check this out regarding the California plans

and learned that it's more of a question of time.

Many practices and hospitals are in wait and see mode.

Negotiations are ongoing.

[Tanuki]

4. Pretty misleading, as the article itself notes if you read it through

"Negotiations at several hospitals were ongoing, and it is possible some insurer networks will grow by the time policies take effect on Jan. 1.
Sloan-Kettering spokeswoman Caitlin Suzanne Hoo, said Wednesday that the hospital was still talking with insurers.
“We want to be accessible and expect to be in network with one or more ACA plans,” she said. She added that patients currently undergoing care shouldn’t worry about a disruption. “We would never stop a patient’s treatment because of a change in insurance or financial situation.”
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So yeah, maybe they're not accepted YET, but nothing goes into effect anyway till January 1, by which time they "expect to be in network with one or more ACA plans"!

[pnwmom]

5. Any state could pass a law requiring hospitals to accept all insurance.

At least two already do.

[SheilaT]

6. In the real world most insurance plans have hospitals and doctors that

are either in their plan or not in their plan. This is hardly breaking news. Other than those who wish to destroy the ACA want us to think that this is something absolutely brand new and previously unheard of.

[Brickbat]

7. Oh, the whole in-network/out-of-network thing is a problem now?

[Pretzel_Warrior]

8. Are you the devil or merely his handmaiden?

Just asking.