No it won't . In NY Medicaid gets expanded . Same in Illionois .
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No it won't . In NY Medicaid gets expanded . Same in Illionois .
And stories like this don't help your tax dollars --
"Congressional committee releases letters stating that Marra's pharmacy in Cohoes, NY, and Total Town Nutrition Inc in Manhattan overcharged Medicaid by millions of dollars by using political connections; letters, demanding release of related documents and emails, are part of broadening corruption inquiry." Medicaid - Health - The New York Times
Maybe get rid of the cheating and corruption, and the Medicaid won't look so bad.
And in turn Medicaid screws doctors and hospitals and other providers with their reimbursement rates .
In NY Medicaid pays doctors 71 percent less than insurance companies. As a result, many doctors refuse to take Medicaid patients . Still the system will be expanded under Obamacare (Obamacaid ?) .
Until the Cadillac Insurance plan tax kicks in... then see how many employers dump the good plans...
Congress, and the rest of the Political establishment of course get to keep their Gold plated and diamond encrusted plans tax free because they exempted themselves from the legislation.
All the Welfare people... despite the fact with all their freebies... they end up with more than many working families who have to pay for the same stuff..
http://www.zerohedge.com/article/ent...ome-family-mak
THis one REALLY goes into it.
http://www.cato.org/publications/whi...-welfare-trade
The New Health Law: Bad for Doctors, Awful for Patients | The Institute for HealthCare ConsumerismQuote:
From an economics point of view, Medicare’s below-market reimbursements create cost-shifting onto private payers where hospitals raise private payer fees to compensate for lower payments from government programs. In a 2006 Health Affairs study, researchers focused on this phenomenon by studying data from California private hospitals. The authors discovered a statistically significant inverse relationship between Medicare fee changes and private payer fee changes.
The research revealed that a 1 percent decrease in average Medicare price correlated with a .17 percent increase in private payer price, and that a 1 percent decrease in the Medicaid rate was associated with a .04 percent increase. From 1997 to 2001, Medicare and Medicaid cost-shifting accounted for 12.3 percent of increases in private payer prices.
From a clinical perspective, Medicare’s underpayments result in diminished access and compromised quality care. The most widely cited effect is the difficulty that Medicare and Medicaid patients encounter trying to find a physician. This problem is increasing. The American Academy of Family Physicians discovered 13 percent of doctors surveyed did not partake in Medicare in 2009, up significantly from 6 percent in 2004.
According to the American Osteopathic Association, 15 percent of members don’t take Medicare and 19 percent don’t take new patients with Medicare. In New York state, approximately 1,100 physicians have stopped participating in Medicare.According to a 2009 New York Times article, at New York Presbyterian Hospital, only 37 of the 93 affiliated internists accept Medicare. Even fewer doctors are taking Medicaid, with its lower reimbursements and administrative burden.
My daughter is on Medicaid and SSI, she has no kids. She also has to see a clinic doctor who can't even schedule an appointment on the days the doc is in and they have 2 walk-in days. So if she can't see wait to be sick on the day of her appt or a walk-in day she still has to go to the ER. Obamacare did nothing for her and it has nothing to do with whether Texas expands Medicaid, it's the availability of providers who accept Medicaid.
Plus, not only does our son have to buy insurance he can't afford or pay a penalty, his wife who is a permanent resident from the UK is also subject to the individual mandate. At least here she may not have to face hospitals that are hazardous to her health for a while.
What hypocrites you guys are. You want the government spending cut, entitlements cut and then beeyatch because you don't get enough money from the government any more. My gosh that's what YOU wanted!
what are you talking about ? Why don't you want doctors who take government plan patients to get fair compensation for their services? Do you think it's good for the patient for the doctor to get screwed ? Then the Slimes has the cahones to point out places that over charge knowing their reimbursement is going to be slashed ? It's the government program itself that breeds this type of corruption.Quote:
What hypocrites you guys are. You want the government spending cut, entitlements cut and then beeyatch because you don't get enough money from the government any more. My gosh that's what YOU wanted!
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