My must read of the day is "Health law concerns for cancer centers" in the Associated Press:
Cancer patients relieved that they can get insurance coverage because of the new health care law may be disappointed to learn that some the nation's best cancer hospitals are off-limits.
An Associated Press survey found examples coast to coast. Seattle Cancer Care Alliance is excluded by five out of eight insurers in Washington state's insurance exchange. MD Anderson Cancer Center says it's in less than half of the plans in the Houston area. Memorial Sloan-Kettering is included by two of nine insurers in New York City and has out-of-network agreements with two more.
Doctors and administrators say they're concerned. So are some state insurance regulators.
There are trade offs for everything. The problem is that these trade offs were not supposed to be an issue with this health care law. Obamacare was sold like the feminist mantra: "You can have it all." The reality is much different.
Limiting networks is a tactic to keep costs down. In an effort to have everything, Obamacare makes sacrifices that undercut the quality of care being received by people who truly need it.