Doctor Waits Two Hours For Permission To Conduct Obamacare Surgery

by Matt Vespa | January 4, 2014 9:47 am

Do you need surgical procedure that’s covered under Obamacare? Well, that could take hours to approve. In Chicago, a doctor waited for two hours for authorization, but was put on hold due to paperwork delays[1].

Paperwork problems almost delayed suburban Chicago resident Sheri Zajcew’s scheduled surgery Thursday, but Dr. John Venetos decided to operate without a routine go-ahead from the insurance company. That was after Venetos’ office manager spent two hours on hold with the insurer Thursday, trying to get an answer about whether the patient needed prior authorization for the surgery. The office manager finally gave up.

“I’m not a happy camper,” said Nate Zajcew, the patient’s husband. The couple signed up for a Blue Cross Blue Shield bronze plan through the federal HealthCare.gov site on Dec. 16. “I understand it’s just a matter of paperwork and yesterday was a holiday. I can be an SOB, too, at times, but since they’re going on with the procedure, it’s OK.”

Oh, and in my own backyard of Northern Virginia; hospitals are turning away patients [2]because they don’t know if their Obamacare plans are in effect.

Hospital staff in Northern Virginia are turning away sick people on a frigid Thursday morning because they can’t determine whether their Obamacare insurance plans are in effect.

Patients in a close-in DC suburb who think they’ve signed up for new insurance plans are struggling to show their December enrollments are in force, and health care administrators aren’t taking their word for it.

In place of quick service and painless billing, these Virginians are now facing the threat of sticker-shock that comes with bills they can’t afford.

‘They had no idea if my insurance was active or not!’ a coughing Maria Galvez told MailOnline outside the Inova Healthplex facility in the town of Springfield.

She was leaving the building without getting a needed chest x-ray.

Welcome to socialized medicine, America.

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See also:: 11 Attorney Generals Blast Obama Administration for ‘Flatly Illegal’ Obamacare Changes[3]

Endnotes:
  1. paperwork delays: http://washington.cbslocal.com/2014/01/03/doctors-office-spends-2-hours-on-hold-with-health-insurer-for-patients-surgery-authorization/
  2. turning away patients : http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2532869/They-no-idea-insurance-active-not-At-Virginia-hospitals-Obamacare-confusion-reigns-frustrated-patients-walk-out.html#ixzz2pPlYQZV9%20
  3. : 11 Attorney Generals Blast Obama Administration for ‘Flatly Illegal’ Obamacare Changes: https://rightwingnews1.wpenginepowered.com/barack-obama/11-attorney-generals-blast-obama-administration-for-flatly-illegal-obamacare-changes/

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