{"id":3740,"date":"2016-07-29T09:45:56","date_gmt":"2016-07-29T13:45:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=3740"},"modified":"2016-07-29T09:45:56","modified_gmt":"2016-07-29T13:45:56","slug":"can-i-afford-to-keep-my-doctor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=3740","title":{"rendered":"Can I Afford To Keep My Doctor?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Emily Bazar for California Healthline)<\/p>\n<p>For most of my adult life, I\u2019ve picked my health insurance based on one simple standard: Does my beloved primary care physician participate in the plan?<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m lucky. My generous job-based coverage has allowed me to make that choice without straining my finances. <a href=\"http:\/\/californiahealthline.org\/news\/can-i-afford-to-keep-my-doctor\/?utm_campaign=KHN%3A+First+Edition&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=32252777&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_AJ2IAFsKT18PLVYcAOktqdZEp1xH3EcTieQGqk-jLnLHnl0S-tb5mEFAedpXyQphY494ixxvKNA6gCDtd3vbMKYzIFQ&amp;_hsmi=32252777\" target=\"_blank\">Read article here&#8230;&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This story was produced by <a href=\"http:\/\/khn.org\/\">Kaiser Health News<\/a>, which publishes California Healthline, a service of the California Health Care Foundation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font: 15px\/1.6 'Open Sans', serif; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; color: #444444; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; widows: 1; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: inherit; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">Kaiser Health News\u00a0is\u00a0a nonprofit national health policy news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. 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