The growing pains of the health care act are frustrating patients.
“Sorry, We Don’t
Take Obamacare”
The growing pains of the health care act are frustrating patients.
Research thus far suggests that the differences between plans offered through the ACA and those offered by employers may be quite significant. A study in the policy journal Health Affairs found that out-of-pocket prescription costs were twice as high in a typical silver plan — the most popular choice — as they were in the average employer offering. Research conducted with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation found that 41 percent of silver plans offered a “narrow or very narrow” selection of doctors, meaning at best 25 percent of physicians in an area were included. The consulting firm Avalere Health found that exchange plans had 42 percent fewer cancer and cardiac specialists, compared with employer-provided coverage.
