"We have to rely on going to Lubbock, which is a two hour trip, maybe an hour and a half if I drive fast," said one concerned HealthSelect carrier. "My husband, he doesn't get around too well, so I have to take off a day when we go to Lubbock."
State employees in the Texas panhandle are scrambling to find a doctor , with some forced to travel for hours to find a specialist , after the Employees Retirement board of Texas switched their insurance plan on 1 September . Thousands of doctors , now under the Blue Cross Blue Shield HealthSelect plan , are learning some doctors wo n't accept it . " I think when doctors hear Blue ##sound , they automatically assume it 's the healthcare network and they do n't want to take that one because the reimbursement is so poor , " said Bryan Williams , president of Moxie Healthcare Solutions . ERS is reported to be working to find a solution .