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How the health care ruling affects you

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    Dr. Siegel answers questions about future of patient care

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Let's talk about whenever Mets give a proper -- -- absolutely everything and when the Supreme Court upheld the president's health -- mandate he went live across the country.

To tout the benefits of his signature.

Legislation that -- speech didn't answer many of the questions that Americans.

What cancer.

Doctor Mark Siegel of the fox medical eighteen is here he's important for your mouse needs your help in some according -- the first one couldn't answer here's the first one.

Will I still be able to pick up my own doctor what about specialists are getting a second opinion this is a -- less than most people are asking.

-- you have to have that conversation you have to say to your doctor what are you gonna do.

Are you gonna continue to take my insurance -- some doctors will some don't some long some are gonna drop out of Medicare with -- all the restrictions and all the cuts of Medicare.

Ask your doctor are you gonna leave private practice and go to a hospital group are -- gonna go to a large group.

What about your network ask your doctor what about your network because usually refer me to this specialist or that specialist were -- gonna go find have a problem when my hip.

Are the same doctor staying in your network very important question right so if I am healthy here's another email has just come in if I am healthy and already have employer provided.

Health insurance will my premiums go off.

What do you think doctor -- Brian I think that premiums are going to go up estimates are anywhere between ten and 40% Y.

We already saw that in New York State in the early 1990s when we said you had to have preexisting conditions cover we already have that here in New York.

Because if you pay less out of pocket for your health insurance and we're gonna cover.

And -- brought everybody and we're gonna cover preexisting conditions that we're gonna cover vaccines without a co pay.

We're gonna cover colonoscopy -- without a co pay -- grows without a corporate the more we cover the more comprehensive the insurance is.

The higher the premiums because the insurance company is not gonna end this they're gonna transfer to the console it.

Some weapons -- never -- to -- if the law is supposed to provide quality healthcare for more people.

Will I still be alien doctor's appointment a timely manner is he going to be harder to get preventative test.

Or procedures under a -- here.

I mean there again Peter you've got to ask -- physician -- the truth is in Canada you have to wait three or four months from now.

Certain basic things like stents in Massachusetts where -- -- Israel and the -- there's a problem there with weights.

For primary care physicians and for certain specialists so I anticipate the -- -- -- already a problem.

In America are gonna get a lot worse.

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- That's key if you get a call from Canada -- you're -- the radio all the time they do say -- -- which are about to get America and we do it they're actually signaling.

More -- American program.

A more free market principles before obamacare that's true Brian and they come across the border for some of their services for that exact reason doctor Marc Siegel thanks.

-- the united morning sorry about the knicks news he's a basic -- in the world he's not happy about everywhere and got to go to the next.

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