How many real life lessons do people need to see before they realize that there is no such thing as a free lunch? Also, how many lies about Obmacare, including that its “affordable” do they need to see to realize EVERYTHING about Obamacare is a big lie? Apparently for Liberal Progressives “real” and “life” have no meaning.
Obamacare patients who go to their doctors for a free annual checkup are finding out that they may have to pay for the preventive healthcare visit after all.
They are angry to learn that if they mention past or ongoing health concerns during the physical, that can result in co-pays and deductibles, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Under the Affordable Care Act, preventive care includes screenings for high blood pressure and high cholesterol counts, evaluations for several cancers and diabetes, and vaccinations. The patient is allowed, in most cases, one checkup per year.
But “wellness” care on potential new health issues is viewed as “evaluation and monitoring,” and leads to patients having to fork out for the “free” annual physical.
“Patients are scheduling physicals because physicals are free,” Randy Wexler, a family physician in Columbus, Ohio, told the Journal. “But they come in and say, ‘I’ve been having headaches. My back has been bothering me, and I’m depressed.’ That’s not part of a physical. That will trigger a copay.”
Wexler says they are not happy about the charges. “They’ll say, ‘I have diabetes and hypertension and heart disease and seeing you is preventing them from getting worse, so that should be fully covered,’” he said. “But under that theory, everything would be free with no copay.”
Doctors told the Journal that seniors have started canceling their annual wellness visits under theirMedicare plans when they learn that if they mention a current health issue during the checkup they will likely be charged a co-pay.
Some doctors are even warning patients in advance of the problem and ask them to schedule two visits, one for the “annual” and another for their current health issue, according to the Journal.
From NewsMax:
http://www.theminorityreportblog.com/2014/04/15/angry-patients-find-obamacares-annual-checkups-may-not-be-free/
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