On the recordJuly 24, 2012
So what you're saying is that you had patients under TennCare who had insurance cards. You just couldn't find anyone to take care of them. Mr. DesJARLAIS. Right, which is exactly what we're going to see under the President's plan. You're going to see people who allegedly now have access to care, but they really don't because the reimbursement rates are so low that physicians really aren't even able to keep their doors open. The reimbursement rate for a TennCare patient in Tennessee was almost half of that from a private patient. It's not that physicians don't want to help and take care of these people. They do. It's just financially unfeasible, especially in solo practices, which are common in rural areas.
