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I hope you are not a United Health Customer, you may lose your doctor.

Thousands of Doctors Dropped from Medicare Advantage
by John Nolte 16 Nov 2013 1270

The Wall Street Journal reports that private insurance provider United Health is dropping thousands of doctors from its Medicare Advantage networks. Medicare Advantage is very popular with senior citizens, but United Health says that "government cuts" will "leave many elderly patients unsure whether they need to switch plans to continue seeing their doctors."

    The insurer said in October that underfunding of Medicare Advantage plans for the elderly could not be fully offset by the company's other healthcare business. The company also reported spending more healthcare premiums on medical claims in the third quarter, due mainly to government cuts to payments for Medicare Advantage services.

    The Journal report said that doctors in at least 10 states were notified of being laid off the plans, some citing "significant changes and pressures in the healthcare environment." According to the notices, the terminations can be appealed within 30 days.

President Obama promised every American they could keep their doctor under ObamaCare. This is another promise not being kept, this time for legions of senior citizens. United Health President Austin Pittman attributed the decision to drop all these doctors directly to ObamaCare:

    Financial pressures from the U.S. government are pushing UnitedHealth Group to drop thousands of doctors, the firm's president said.

    "That's what's driving our actions. It's no secret that we are under substantial funding pressure from the federal government," said President Austin Pittman.

Democrats and the media will do their best to claim that ObamaCare had nothing to do with the decision by United Health to drop thousands of doctors,  but that is just not going to fly. The American people know that ObamaCare was built to be The Great Healthcare Disruptor. And senior citizens know that in order to pay for ObamaCare, Democrats raided over $700 billion from Medicare, most of it from Medicare Advantage.

From the Wall Street Journal: [emphasis added]

UnitedHealth Group reported a third-quarter profit of $1.57 billion last month, but Chief Executive Stephen J. Hemsley has issued cautious outlooks for 2014, citing expected cuts in Medicare payments tied to the Affordable Care Act.

Medicare Advantage, an alternative to traditional Medicare, combines hospital and doctor coverage and often includes prescription drugs and perks like gym memberships. Enrollment has more than doubled since 2004 to 13 million in 2012, which represents about 27% of Americans on Medicare.

The federal government pays private insurers a per-capita fee to manage the benefits. The rate is currently about 12% more than the average Medicare patient spends annually. The Obama administration plans to cut those extra payments to insurers by about $150 billion over the next 10 years to help pay for the health law. Some experts expect enrollment in Medicare Advantage plans to decline sharply if that occurs.

Because President Obama delayed the employer mandate, the worst of ObamaCare has not yet hit. We are only at the beginning of a rolling catastrophe. Once the employment market gets walloped next year, a few million people having their insurance canceled and a few million senior citizens losing their doctors will look like the good old days.