article_snippet: The harsh reality awaiting these low-income Americans is undeniable: according to 2013 data from a 2014 Merritt Hawkins study, 55% of doctors already refuse new Medicaid patients.
article_snippet: According to the HSC Health Tracking Physician Survey, 2008, the percentage of doctors that refuse new Medicaid patients dwarf by about 8 to 10 times the percentage that refuses new private insurance patients.
article_snippet: Such "insurance" from Obamacare not only fails to provide access to doctors, but research in the top medical journals such as Cancer, American Journal of Cardiology, Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation and Annals of Surgery, show that Medicaid beneficiaries suffer worse outcomes than similar patients with private insurance  ...
article_snippet: Along with that forced change of coverage, many suddenly find themselves without access to themselves chosen doctors.
article_snippet: McKinsey reported 68% of Obamacare insurance options only cover narrow or very narrow provider networks, double that of the previous year.
article_snippet: For cancer care, the majority of America's best hospitals in the National Comprehensive Cancer Network are not covered in most of America's best hospitals in the National Comprehensive Cancer Network states' exchange plans.
article_snippet: The "narrow network" strategy is about to hit even more Americans in 2015, as Obamacare exchanges from California to New Hampshire further restrict access to top doctors and hospitals in an attempt to quell insurance premium increases caused by The law, according to an analysis by the Los Angeles Times.
article_snippet: And a study in late 2014 commissioned by the prestigious American Heart Association determined that the specialists essential to diagnose and treat stroke, one of the most disabling and lethal diseases in the United States, are in severe shortage under Obamacare insurance exchange plans.
article_snippet: Indeed, unless one has the financial resources or power to skirt the new system, many of America's top doctors and hospitals are no longer available.
article_snippet: More doctors than ever  already refuse Medicaid and Medicare and Medicaid due to inadequate payments for care, and that will only accelerate as government lowers reimbursements.
highlights_snippet: Access to the best doctors is very limited; patients often have little choice of doctors, Nearly three-quarters of those insured under Obamacare says .