70% Of California’s Doctors Expected To Boycott Obamacare

70% Of California’s Doctors Expected To Boycott Obamacare

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/07/2013 14:33 -0500

“We need some recognition that we’re doing a service to the community. But we can’t do it for free. And we can’t do it at a loss. No other business would do that,” exclaims the president of the California Medical Association, as The Washington Examiner reports, independent insurance brokers estimate 70% of California’s 104,000 licensed doctors are boycotting the exchange. “The Covered California board says we have plenty of doctors, and they allege they have 85 percent of doctors participating, but they’ve shown no numbers,” and if a large number of doctors either balk at participating in the exchange or retire, the state’s medical system could be overwhelmed. “Enrollment doesn’t mean access, because there aren’t enough doctors to take the low rates of Medicaid,” warns one health director. “There aren’t enough primary care physicians, period.”

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-12-07/70-calfornias-doctors-expected-boycott-obamacare