{"id":6170,"date":"2014-02-11T12:16:00","date_gmt":"2014-02-11T17:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stonescryout.org\/?p=6170"},"modified":"2014-02-07T13:17:15","modified_gmt":"2014-02-07T18:17:15","slug":"doc-shock-occurs-as-predicted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/?p=6170","title":{"rendered":""Doc Shock" Occurs As Predicted"},"content":{"rendered":"

As predicted, that is, by Megan McArdle<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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In December, I predicted that \u201cdoc shock\u201d was going to be a major problem for the U.S. health-care overhaul, as people found out that the narrow networks insurers use to keep premiums low often don\u2019t cover the top-notch doctors you\u2019d like to see if you get really sick:<\/p>\n

\u2026<\/p>\n

And indeed, it\u2019s already started, according to the Wall Street Journal<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\u2026<\/p>\n

Health-care wonks can insist that narrow networks aren\u2019t news, but clearly, these networks are news to the folks in the plans — and now that they know, they aren\u2019t happy.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Read the whole thing. They’re trying to fix this by passing laws, but that’s been done before with the whole HMO thing years ago. The result was costs continuing to rise. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As predicted, that is, by Megan McArdle: In December, I predicted that \u201cdoc shock\u201d was going to be a major problem for the U.S. health-care overhaul, as people found out that the narrow networks insurers use to keep premiums low often don\u2019t cover the top-notch doctors you\u2019d like to see if you get really sick: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,15,18,275],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-doug","category-economics-taxes","category-government","category-healthcare"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t