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Heebie-Geebie: Obamacare not accepted here: "I went to a new doctor's office this morning...

...When they took my insurance card, they asked "Is this marketplace or employer insurance?" I answered that it was from my employer. The receptionist said, "Great. We don't take Obamacare." I had a perplexed look on my face, I guess, because she said, "The marketplace has so many kinks that we're just not participating." Is there any reason that this isn't totally kooky? I mean, why should the doctor's office have any idea if an individual plan was purchased on the marketplace, or if the individual just went to Blue Cross Blue Shield directly? Are they saying "no individual policies at all"? Sure enough, there was a sign hanging in the office, which I'll put below the jump. I assume this is just civilian Republican asshattery...

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