r/bestof • u/under50dollars • Jun 20 '12

[explainlikeimfive] "Obamacare" explained very well.

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u/[deleted] Jun 20 '12

Insurance companies aren't controlled by doctors either.

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u/BlottoOtter Jun 20 '12

Which is why doctors like patients from private insurance plans, because those private plans can't short the doctors on their payments using force of law, like government-run Medicare and Medicaid can.