In 2009, President Barack Obama famously made this promise:

“[N]o matter how we reform health care, we will keep this promise to the American people: If you like your doctor, you will be able to keep your doctor, period. If you like your health care plan, you’ll be able to keep your health care plan, period. No one will take it away, no matter what.”

Unfortunately, many Americans weren’t permitted to keep plans they liked. And many of those forced into Obamacare are facing not only poor customer service but also limited networks of doctors and hospitals. In many cases, doctors say that Obamacare reimbursements are too low to cover their costs.

“The exchanges have become very much like Medicaid,” Andrew Kleinman, president of the Medical Society of the State of New York told USA Today last fall. “Physicians who are in solo practices have to be careful to not take too many patients reimbursed at lower rates or they’re not going to be in business very long.”

These tweets posted by frustrated Californians illustrate the scope of the problem:

@CoveredCA not a solution! No doctors on the list are taking insurance! Why is this so hard? Anthem can not find me a doctor!!! — Cherie 😛 (@NCcherie) February 18, 2015

It seems as if every doctor @BlueShieldCA suggests to us TURNS US AWAY because we have Blue Shield through @CoveredCA. Double plus ungood. — Larry Gilbert (@L2G) February 16, 2015

And why do most doctors in the San Francisco Bay Area not accept it? @davek @OBAMA_GAMES @cspanwj @CoveredCA — Big Bertha (@MistralWinds) February 14, 2015

.@CoveredCA I just found out the Mercy Doctor PCP I selected, through the @BlueShieldCA website, is "Out of Network". This sucks! — Adrienne Gulyassy (@SFfanIam) February 12, 2015

@CoveredCA Yeah, sign up freeloaders then play hell finding a doctor that'll take ya. Many refuse & more will because it doesn't reimburse. — Blake Driver (@TheBlakeDriver) February 8, 2015

@CoveredCA Yes you can sign-up for #CoveredCA but good luck finding a Doctor that will take it. #ObamacareLies — David Lyons (@lyons784x4) February 3, 2015

@CoveredCA It's almost impossible 2 find a doctor that takes exchange plan. Long lines save $$ cuz peeps die first — politicsnation (@libbyconservy) February 3, 2015

HMO'd when I should have EPO'd. I hate you @CoveredCA – why would your system recommend a doctor I can't actually go to? — Nate Schier (@ntschier) January 7, 2015

@SutterMF and @BlueShieldCA Please work out your contract differences. I just got my doctor thru @CoveredCA and now have to change? Ugh. — Jessica Clark (@Jessica_D_Clark) January 7, 2015

@CoveredCA if only my doctor, or ANY doctor, would accept covered ca patients, we would be all set. #fraud — Karen Falzone (@karenfalzone) January 7, 2015

@CoveredCA I was sent to clinics that were out of network. Closed permanently. Or 3 hours away…. I don't think the system is working. — John J. (@johneightclip) February 20, 2015

Dear @CoveredCA: Why do a large majority of the doctors listed in your medical booklet not accept CoveredCA? Did you throw darts? — Buff Kage Cosplay (@ROCKETDRAG) February 19, 2015

The future of Obamacare has arrived in California, and it ain’t pretty.

The NYT shows us the future of ACA: Medicaid for All. #goodluckwiththat. @hccompact http://t.co/1kRanjD8fk — Leo Linbeck III (@leo3linbeck) December 28, 2014

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If you like your doctor … tough noogies!

So, California, how are your Obamacare health plans working out so far?