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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]it was already going that way. the ACA simply provided a safety net particularly for people with pre-existing conditions who were rejected or exempted coverage in the prior version of health insurance

what we need is single payer/universal- our healthcare system has been horrible since the deregulation of the Reagan era[/quote]

It doesn’t matter when people with pre-existing conditions have insurance, but now no doctors are out there who take insurance and want a $2000 per year membership club fee and cash payments for services.  Right back to square 1 again, now access is impossible for all.  Primary care in this region sucks so much a$$.   Tons and tons of pcp are now concierge and charge ridiculous membership fees, or they’re impossible to access anyway even if you wanted to join because they take less patients.

ACA ruined primary care, so the solution is to double down with more govt medicine?   Insane. [/quote]

What you are complaining about was already happening. The ACA didn't create nor compound it.[/quote]

The hell it didn’t.  ACA made everything worse with onerous levels of paperwork, requirements/rules, and sh!tty reimbursement.  [/quote]
BS. It’s been that way for decades. I work in healthcare and I know firsthand. [/quote]

ACA made it 10x worse.  If you actually worked in healthcare you’d know this.[/quote]

Don't work in healthcare--but have just been through an intensive medical issue with a family member.  We are blessed with our insurance--but the prices are prohibitive.  Insurance does not cover the "list price" but we don't have to pay either.

It seems the nurses have to spend more time on the computers than with patients--and we met great nurses.  Saw another specialty nurse afterwards and "protocol" said she could not look at another issue (she did anyway, but could not document it.)

The doctors cannot look you in the eye unless they have a "scribe" because they are so busy writing it on the computer.

They follow "protocol" instead of using their own opinion and instinct.  (We did have one who told us this is "protocol" but you might want to consider "Y" instead.......

And the GP sends everyone to a specialist--because that is also protocol.

Technology is taking over and I'm not sure it is better.[/quote]

None of what you are describing is because of the ACA.[/quote]

Healthcare costs exploded after the passing of ACA. And healthcare became much more bureaucratic as well. Coincidence? Maybe, maybe not. [/quote]

healthcare costs were already exploding, that is why the ACA was needed. It was already bureaucratic. Sheesh, none of that is new.[/quote]

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