{"id":32020,"date":"2012-11-26T05:00:31","date_gmt":"2012-11-26T11:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=32020"},"modified":"2012-11-25T10:13:50","modified_gmt":"2012-11-25T16:13:50","slug":"its-only-free-if-youre-not-getting-sick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=32020","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s Only Free If You&#8217;re Not Getting Sick"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Peter Weiss <a href=\"http:\/\/pjmedia.com\/blog\/a-physicians-new-reality-patients-ask-me-to-break-the-law\/  \">on the scam of Obamacare&#8217;s &#8220;Free Annual Examination&#8221;<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I have now posted a notice in my office and each exam room stating exactly what Obamacare will cover for those yearly visits. Remember Obama promised this as a free exam \u2014 no co-pay, no deductible, no charge. That\u2019s fine and dandy if you are healthy and have no complaints. However, we are obligated by law to code specifically for the reason of the visit. An annual exam is one specific code; you can not mix this with another code, say, for rectal bleeding. This annual visit covers the exam and \u201cdiscussion about the status of previously diagnosed stable conditions.\u201d That\u2019s the exact wording under that code \u2014 insurance will not cover any new ailment under that code.<\/p>\n<p>If you are here for that annual exam, you will not be covered if you want to discuss any new ailment or unstable condition. I cannot bait and switch to another code \u2014 that\u2019s illegal. We, the physicians, are audited all the time and can lose our license for insurance fraud.<\/p>\n<p>You, the patient, will then have to make a decision.<\/p>\n<p>Do you want your \u201cfree\u201d yearly exam, or do you want to pay for a visit which is coded for a particular, new problem? You can have my \u201cfree\u201d exam if you only discuss what Obamacare wants me to discuss&#8230; If you are complaining of a new problem, then you have to reschedule, since Obamacare is very clear as to what is covered and what is not. Obamacare \u2014 intentionally \u2014 makes it as difficult to be seen and taken care of as possible.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It really\u00a0<em>is\u00a0<\/em>as cynical as its proponents always called Big Insurance.<\/p>\n<p>Hey, who needs a &#8220;death panel&#8221; if people die waiting on an appointment?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Peter Weiss on the scam of Obamacare&#8217;s &#8220;Free Annual Examination&#8221;: I have now posted a notice in my office and each exam room stating exactly what Obamacare will cover for those yearly visits. Remember Obama promised this as a free exam \u2014 no co-pay, no deductible, no charge. That\u2019s fine and dandy if you [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-care"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=32020"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32020\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32022,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32020\/revisions\/32022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}