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If you have been following the nightmares of Obamacare, then you may be aware of the sticker shock suffered by many Americans when it comes to the cost of their new “free” healthcare. Not only are they finding out that their healthcare is not free, they are gasping for air at the increase in costs of their premiums, the huge deductibles that have been tacked on and even the millions of cancellation letters that either have been sent out or are due to be sent out before the January 2014 deadline. Team Obama is swirling around trying to deflect the criticism regarding all of the changes to the nation’s insurance policies as well as the failed launch of the government healthcare website.
As the nation struggles to deal with the ObamaCare debacle, it seems that having passed the bill, we are beginning to find out more and more, what exactly is in it.
| Rank* | Hospital | Insurance Accepted** |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore | All insurance companies, per state law |
| 2 | Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston | All insurance companies, per state law |
| 3 | Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. | Blue Cross (silver plan only) |
| 4 | Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio | Medical Mutual of Ohio |
| 5 | UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles | Anthem Blue Cross, Health Net |
| 6 | Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago | Land of Lincoln, Blue Cross |
| 7 | New York-Presbyterian University Hospitalof Columbia and Cornell | UnitedHealthCare, EmblemHealth, Aetna |
| 8 | UCSF Medical Center, San Francisco | Anthem Blue Cross |
| 9 | Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston | All insurance companies, per state law |
| 10 | University of Pittsburgh Medical Center | Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield, UPMC Health Plan, Health America |
| 11 | Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia | Aetna Independence, Blue Cross |
| 12 | Duke University Medical Center, Durham, N.C. | Coventry Health Care, Blue Cross |
| 13 | Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles | Health Net |
| 14 | NYU Langone Medical Center, New York | UnitedHealthCare, Affinity Health System, Fidelis Care |
| 15 | Barnes-Jewish Hospital/Washington University, St. Louis | Coventry Health Care |
| 16 | Indiana University Health Academic Health Center, Indianapolis | Indiana University Health Plans |
| 17 | Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia | Independence Blue Cross, Aetna |
| 18 | University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland | Anthem Blue Cross, HealthSpan, SummaCare, SuperMed |
GWB says: Yeah, this goes hand-in-hand with the “doctors dropping off the plans” bit. And, of course, when your demand (subscribers on ObamaCare.gov) goes up and your supply (doctors and hospitals on the plans) goes down, there’s some cosequence of that…. I can’t recall what it is at the moment, though I thought it had something to do with prices……..
Ruthie Thompson says: It’s a mess!!
Daniel says: I think this is really their goal. To destroy the market and make a one payor system.
Jodi says: Ditto ^^^
Ruthie Thompson says: I agree Daniel. They slipped up a few times during the debates on this when it was introduced. That has been the goal all along.
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