tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post8066657052143150097..comments2023-08-21T02:57:37.362-05:00Comments on Dr. Wes: Health Care's Pyrrhic VictoryDrWeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17438019699222125477noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-68210872696622982422010-04-01T11:19:06.710-05:002010-04-01T11:19:06.710-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Jodihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02317972207150149720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-78739223669462095592010-04-01T09:31:51.108-05:002010-04-01T09:31:51.108-05:00Keith,
Starting page 621, PART I—LINKING PAYMENT ...Keith,<br /><br />Starting page 621, PART I—LINKING PAYMENT TO QUALITY OUTCOMES UNDER THE MEDICARE PROGRAM:<br /><br />Page 627<br /><br />‘‘(3) PERFORMANCE STANDARDS.— <br /><br />‘‘(A) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish performance standards with respect to measures selected under paragraph (2) for a performance period for a fiscal year (as established under paragraph (4)). <br /> <brJodihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02317972207150149720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-89271661369054289132010-04-01T09:02:51.655-05:002010-04-01T09:02:51.655-05:00Keith,
First, CMS says more than half of the newl...Keith,<br /><br />First, CMS says more than half of the newly insured will be on Medicaid. Second, how will more people be buying private insurance policies than government when, according to the CBO (and the Massachusetts example), private insurance premiums are set to increase even more because of this bill, not decrease. The penalty will be more affordable than the private policies.<br /><brJodihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02317972207150149720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-13198432017660398902010-04-01T09:00:24.689-05:002010-04-01T09:00:24.689-05:00Keith,
First CMS says more than half of the newly ...Keith,<br />First CMS says more than half of the newly insured will be on Medicaid. Second, how will more people be buying private insurance policies than government when, according to the CBO (and the Massachusetts example), private insurance premiums are set to increase even more because of this bill, not decrease. The penalty will be more affordable than the private policies.<br />Here is Jodihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02317972207150149720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-45319691294933884112010-03-31T12:31:12.641-05:002010-03-31T12:31:12.641-05:00Keith - Pages 148 - 149 of the health care bill:
...Keith - Pages 148 - 149 of the health care bill:<br /><br />Beginning on January 1, 2015, a qualified health plan may contract with—<br /><br />(B) a health care provider only if such provider implements such mechanisms to improve health care quality as the Secretary may by regulation require.<br /><br />How many health insurance plans in the exchange will be deemed by the government to be "Jodihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02317972207150149720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-3717318297415431032010-03-31T12:25:41.108-05:002010-03-31T12:25:41.108-05:00Keith - Pages 148 - 149 of the health care bill:
...Keith - Pages 148 - 149 of the health care bill:<br /><br />Beginning on January 1, 2015, a qualified health plan may contract with—<br /><br />(B) a health care provider only if such provider implements such mechanisms to improve health care quality as the Secretary may by regulation require.<br /><br />First, how many health insurance plans in the exchange will be deemed by the government to beJodihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02317972207150149720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-1830046495762865602010-03-25T21:23:28.265-05:002010-03-25T21:23:28.265-05:00To Keith,
OK. You don't see a difference betw...To Keith,<br /><br />OK. You don't see a difference between subsidizing a customer and taking over the business.<br /><br />The business in this case is the insurance company, the hospitals, and the doctors.Andrew_M_Garlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02855052302054611917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-55194243663815089042010-03-25T19:47:42.423-05:002010-03-25T19:47:42.423-05:00Andrew,
I still maintain that people will buy the...Andrew,<br /><br />I still maintain that people will buy their insurance from the private insurance market under this bill, so I fail to see how your analogy to food stamps differs from that of food stamps?!<br />Public option was not included in the bill and the only peopl with no option will be those in poverty that will need to obtain Meidcaid. <br /><br />Steve,<br /><br />I would naimtain Keithnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-37494559141728234612010-03-24T23:11:59.765-05:002010-03-24T23:11:59.765-05:00To Keith,
I favor vouchers to buy insurance or pa...To Keith,<br /><br />I favor vouchers to buy insurance or pay for care in a less regulated market for health care.<br /><br />ObamaCare tries to hide its costs and taxes by coercing everyone. The costs will show up as increasing insurance premiums and runaway utilization of "free" healthcare.<br /><br />The analogy is providing food stamps so that the needy can buy groceries from Andrew_M_Garlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02855052302054611917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-46303792898693716572010-03-24T20:21:19.799-05:002010-03-24T20:21:19.799-05:00I haven't read the 2300-page law yet, nor any ...I haven't read the 2300-page law yet, nor any of the thousands more pages of administrative rules that will follow.<br /><br />But this much I know for sure:<br /><br />When government expands its power, individual freedom nearly always diminishes.<br /><br />And that's not good, on balance.<br /><br />But this is what modern Americans want, apparently.<br /><br />-SteveSteve Parker, M.D.http://advancedmediterraneandiet.com/blog/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-7797933125795727472010-03-24T11:17:47.257-05:002010-03-24T11:17:47.257-05:00If you will permit me to be a little off topic and...If you will permit me to be a little off topic and ignore the typos, the tomato market, and the spin...<br /><br />Regarding the states that will challenge the law in court, I find myself wondering if we might let them reject the reforms with the understanding that they reject ALL federal support of their health care services with the exception of medicare as their citizens agree that that is a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-34600361127549232482010-03-24T10:08:41.574-05:002010-03-24T10:08:41.574-05:00Excuse me Andrew, but is this not what the new hea...Excuse me Andrew, but is this not what the new health care plan does to a great degree? It provides for subsidies so people can buy health insurance from buying co-ops for many of the middle class now priced out of the market.<br /><br />If you refer to Medicaid, I agree that the inequities that were created years ago should be done away with, but in our infinite wisdom as a collective country, Keithnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-78451673752836373842010-03-24T09:40:10.699-05:002010-03-24T09:40:10.699-05:00I work in a safety net hospital. We are already bu...I work in a safety net hospital. We are already bursting our budget with the number of Mediaid and no insur patients. If millions more get mediaid that not many doctors take and the DSH for such hosspitals is cut we will struggle and probably shut down.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-79354621203690398802010-03-24T07:32:42.613-05:002010-03-24T07:32:42.613-05:00what happened to the public will have 5 days to re...what happened to the public will have 5 days to review any bill before this president signs it?<br /><br />or the executive order re:abortion used to buy the votes?<br /><br />unfortunately,the healthcare reform legislation provides $10,000,000,000 per year to hire and pay the estimated 16,000 new IRS employees to enforce the new taxes. yikes!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-65977491061324365642010-03-23T23:57:50.880-05:002010-03-23T23:57:50.880-05:00Wes,
Really, really good. Impressed.
I linked yo...Wes,<br /><br />Really, really good. Impressed.<br /><br />I linked your story. <br /><br />JMMDrJohnMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13912535474668244521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-24084955001971125742010-03-23T23:46:24.347-05:002010-03-23T23:46:24.347-05:00Keith-
I fail to see why you remain so convinced ...Keith-<br /><br /><i>I fail to see why you remain so convinced that this is some goverment centralization and command control. Show me the elements of this bill that exert this central influence!</i><br /><br />For those not familiar, Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) adjustment payments provide additional help to those hospitals that serve a significantly disproportionate number of DrWeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17438019699222125477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-21124987325342968202010-03-23T21:12:35.331-05:002010-03-23T21:12:35.331-05:00"sad to say it has come to this?" Jeez,..."sad to say it has come to this?" Jeez, what have the republicans been doing for the last 8 years, and the two Reagan admins, and the Bush I admin? And what's with the "war" term while your words seem to want us all to work together? <br /><br />I don't know how it all is going to work out, but this much is true: some folks are going to live that would have died, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-56893206505409320802010-03-23T20:40:00.637-05:002010-03-23T20:40:00.637-05:00I was wondering if you were in mourning over the p...I was wondering if you were in mourning over the past few days!<br /><br />Obama said it best; this is only the start of change in our health care system as we have known it. It will continue to be a work in progress that will require refinements over time.<br /><br />I fail to see why you remain so convinced that this is some goverment centralization and command control. Show me the elements Keithnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-90327544603613644202010-03-23T19:21:08.149-05:002010-03-23T19:21:08.149-05:00The great irony is that Government has caused the ...The great irony is that Government has caused the increasing crisis in healthcare, and is now claiming that only more Government intervention can solve that crisis.<br /><br />The least destructive way to subsidize healthcare is to give vouchers to the needy. But, the high cost is or would be politically unpopular. So, that cost is hidden by underpaying for medical services, resulting in an a taxAndrew_M_Garlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02855052302054611917noreply@blogger.com