Specialty Care Is A Challenge In Some ACA Plans
Jul 18
This story is part of a partnership that includes Houston Public Media, NPR and Kaiser Health News. It can be republished for free. (details)
Primary care doctors have reported problems making referrals for patients who have purchased some of the cheaper plans from the federal insurance marketplace.Complaints about narrow networks with too few doctors have attracted the attention of federal regulators and have even prompted lawsuits.
But they’re also causing headaches in the day-to-day work of doctors and clinics. “The biggest problem we’ve run into is figuring out what specialists take a lot of these plans,” said Dr. Charu Sawhney of Houston.
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