 [ Symptoms ] i was unable to get health insurance due to a pre existing condition  as a result i do not have a primary care physician will i have trouble finding a physician because of the influx of new patients from the affordable care act how do i go about it [ Disease ] there may be a number of people looking for new primary care physicians but you should still be able to find one particularly if you are open to using a nurse practitioner as your primary care provider some plans do have narrow provider networks however the best way to find a provider is to look at the network of the plan you are choosing    and you may want to do this before you select a plan unfortunately most of the marketplace websites do not allow you to do this so you will have to go to the insurance company is website