{"id":2007,"date":"2015-06-28T23:55:00","date_gmt":"2015-06-28T23:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.golddirectcare.com\/?p=210"},"modified":"2015-06-28T23:55:00","modified_gmt":"2015-06-28T23:55:00","slug":"having-aca-insurance-often-means-being-underinsured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/golddirectcare.com\/2015\/06\/28\/having-aca-insurance-often-means-being-underinsured\/","title":{"rendered":"Having ACA Insurance Often Means Being &#8220;Underinsured&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_211\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-211\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.golddirectcare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Diagram-PiggyBank.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-211 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/news.golddirectcare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Diagram-PiggyBank-300x278.jpg\" alt=\"Diagram-PiggyBank\" width=\"300\" height=\"278\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-211\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Add a Direct Primary Care doctor to this image and you have true high-value health care.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This post is in response to two excellent articles in the Ideas section of\u00a0The Boston Globe today by Mark Pothier and Betsy Cliff\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/opinion\/2015\/06\/25\/out-pocket-costs-put-health-care-out-reach\/KnOembdhz8vCghJY6BPHXJ\/story.html#comments\">Out-of-pocket Costs Put Healthcare Out of Reach<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/ideas\/2015\/06\/25\/how-health-plans-with-high-deductibles-became-new-normal\/06TD5uBm2oUXK2d4MMEbbM\/story.html#\">How Health Plans With High Deductibles Became the New Normal<\/a>, respectively. Even more poignant\u00a0are the comments that follow the online articles which I also suggest you read. It is published on the heels of the Supreme Court voting this week to maintain the subsidies to people who enrolled in the ACA through federal exchanges rather than state-based. (I will not express my opinion on this here). The overall consensus\u00a0from these comments is that people are struggling to afford out-of-pocket health care expenses and have no idea how to shop as a consumer for affordable care. And this\u00a0is not their fault, as they haven&#8217;t had to be a wise consumer with the cadillac insurance plans that &#8220;covered all.&#8221; Well these plans have gone by the wayside and with the Cadillac Tax from the ACA \u00a0coming to employers soon enough, they will continue to disappear.<\/p>\n<p>So how do you go from being a patient to a consumer of health care as well? You get help. You get an advocate. You find a Direct Primary Care doctor whose main job is to care for you and find the most affordable, high quality care possible. I would not try to buy stocks or mutual funds on my own because I do not have the knowledge base to do so. So I put my trust in an expert to guide me through the process and invest my money wisely. How do you shop for healthcare in the state of Massachusetts where it costs the most? You pay someone directly to help you and advise you. \u00a0You do not brave it alone. You find a Direct Primary Care doctor you know and trust. Direct Primary Care doctors\u00a0are transparent, we are affordable, and we work\u00a0solely for you rather than third party interests. We are your doctor first and your healthcare agent\/broker second. So go to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.iwantdirectcare.com\">I Want Direct Care<\/a>\u00a0and place a pin down. Write to your local congressmen and congresswomen \u00a0to tell them about Direct Primary Care and its benefits to you, employers, and the system as a whole. And then, even more importantly, please remember that Health Insurance does not equate to &#8220;Healthcare&#8221;, \u00a0especially the affordable kind.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This post is in response to two excellent articles in the Ideas section of\u00a0The Boston Globe today by Mark Pothier and Betsy Cliff\u00a0Out-of-pocket Costs Put Healthcare Out of Reach\u00a0and\u00a0How Health Plans With High Deductibles Became the New Normal, respectively. Even more poignant\u00a0are the comments that follow the online articles which I also suggest you read. 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