{"id":6334,"date":"2014-05-16T11:14:00","date_gmt":"2014-05-16T16:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stonescryout.org\/?p=6334"},"modified":"2014-05-16T10:15:30","modified_gmt":"2014-05-16T15:15:30","slug":"from-the-now-they-tell-us-department","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/?p=6334","title":{"rendered":"From the "Now They Tell Us" Department"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Associated Press is breaking news<\/a> that those of us who were paying attention knew about at least 6 months ago.<\/p>\n

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The first thing Michelle Pool did before picking a plan under President Barack Obama’s health insurance law was check whether her longtime primary care doctor was covered. Pool, a 60-year-old diabetic who has had back surgery and a hip replacement, purchased the plan only to find that the insurer was mistaken.<\/p>\n

Pool’s $352 a month gold plan through Covered California’s exchange was cheaper than what she’d paid under her husband’s insurance and seemed like a good deal because of her numerous pre-existing conditions. But after her insurance card came in the mail, the Vista, California resident learned her doctor wasn’t taking her new insurance.<\/p>\n

"It’s not fun when you’ve had a doctor for years and years that you can confide in and he knows you," Pool said. "I’m extremely discouraged. I’m stuck."<\/p>\n

Stories like Pool’s are emerging as more consumers realize they bought plans with limited doctor and hospital networks, some after websites that mistakenly said their doctors were included.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Now we know why her policy’s cheaper. You get what you pay for.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Associated Press is breaking news that those of us who were paying attention knew about at least 6 months ago. The first thing Michelle Pool did before picking a plan under President Barack Obama’s health insurance law was check whether her longtime primary care doctor was covered. Pool, a 60-year-old diabetic who has had […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,18,275,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-doug","category-government","category-healthcare","category-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\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\n\t\t