ZinscoMan
Dec 5, 2017, 08:00 AM
My grandfathered health insurance is being cancelled by the insurer.
My primary care facility is no longer accredited as a primary care doctor (they switched to urgent care only). So I've never had to shop for a primary care doctor since the ACA went into effect. Someone told me the new doctor will want a physical. Is that required before the doctor will see me for a sick visit?
My concern is since I don't take any prescriptions that I usually don't visit the doctor even once a year. If I establish a new primary care doctor going through all the physical exam tests and then don't need to go for a couple of years, will they drop me as a primary care patient? Does the ACA require me to visit a primary care doctor so many times like at least once a year or they won't recognize them as my primary care doctor (and thus won't let me pay the copay but make me pay the whole bill)?
My primary care facility is no longer accredited as a primary care doctor (they switched to urgent care only). So I've never had to shop for a primary care doctor since the ACA went into effect. Someone told me the new doctor will want a physical. Is that required before the doctor will see me for a sick visit?
My concern is since I don't take any prescriptions that I usually don't visit the doctor even once a year. If I establish a new primary care doctor going through all the physical exam tests and then don't need to go for a couple of years, will they drop me as a primary care patient? Does the ACA require me to visit a primary care doctor so many times like at least once a year or they won't recognize them as my primary care doctor (and thus won't let me pay the copay but make me pay the whole bill)?