Calif. Health Care Exchanges to Limit Doctors, Hospitals

A cost-saving measure that's worked wonders for HMO's, right?

The doctor can't see you now.

Consumers may hear that a lot more often after getting health insurance under President Obama's Affordable Care Act.

To hold down premiums, major insurers in California have sharply limited the number of doctors and hospitals available to patients in the state's new health insurance market opening Oct. 1.

New data reveal the extent of those cuts in California, a crucial test bed for the federal healthcare law.

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[Sevo]

From the article:
""Our interest is in assuring everyone enrolled in a plan has ready access to the clinicians they need," said Peter Lee, executive director of Covered California. "That means if a plan can't serve patients, we'll close it down from taking new enrollment. That is in some ways the nuclear option.""

Right.
There are 4 providers available in the Bay Area; you just start clowing 'em down.

[JWatts]

So, because a plan limits access your going to close it down? What's next California, are you going to close down convenience stores to combat hunger?