Give it up, Tom….you will never get through to FHB. He is simply another in a long line of individuals who believe every word from the mouths of politicians. He cannot even articulate a position on the matter let alone win a debate. Why else would the script from which he operates simply instruct him to pull out accusations and name-calling such as GREED?
The takeaway from this article is simple: significant cost shifting is necessary for the hospitals since they lose money on Medicare and Medicaid, which have reimbursements that re not sufficient to cover costs. If people are fired up about cost hifting to Auto policies, then where is the outrage relative to private health insurers? Shifting to Auto policies has to be a drop in the bucket compared to shifting to health insurers.
Obamacare will, very simply, result in an increasing percentage of health care services provided for individuals coverage by government plans. This will result in even more cost-shifting to private health insurers until the insurers are out of business. At that point, Obama will achieve his dream of a single payer system. Reimbursements to the providers for ALL services will be very low, but there will be no private health insurers to which to shift costs. Health care providers / services will, therefore, be less plentiful, quality will decrease and rationing will have to occur. It is so painfully obvisous, but there are millions who have bought into the snake oil put forth by politicians.
Anything short of full repeal of Obamacare will result in certain doom. Take it to the bank….the government-controlled bank, that is.
Buckeye, you hit the nail on the head. For all those who think this will save money by lowering rates, please check out the Medicare Actuary’s recent report on costs as well as the Congressional Budget Offices new estimates on cost. In support of Buckeye’s comments on running insurance out of business, you need only look to recent actions by Maine’s Insurance Commish and MA governor who want to choke off insurance rates by fiat. In Maine, the comish ruled against a rate increase on individual policies as “people” hurting from the economic times all against the backdrop of statistical proof that they were losing money. Incredibly, the Comish told them they had a duty to lose money in these tough times. Look for more of the same from Congress. They want to control rates so they don’t look so bad when the huge increases start to kick in. Obfuscate, misdirect and demagouge, that three legged stool that Obamacare is built upon. Repeal and re-start is the only solution to a problem made worse by the social engineering of this admin.
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Give it up, Tom….you will never get through to FHB. He is simply another in a long line of individuals who believe every word from the mouths of politicians. He cannot even articulate a position on the matter let alone win a debate. Why else would the script from which he operates simply instruct him to pull out accusations and name-calling such as GREED?
The takeaway from this article is simple: significant cost shifting is necessary for the hospitals since they lose money on Medicare and Medicaid, which have reimbursements that re not sufficient to cover costs. If people are fired up about cost hifting to Auto policies, then where is the outrage relative to private health insurers? Shifting to Auto policies has to be a drop in the bucket compared to shifting to health insurers.
Obamacare will, very simply, result in an increasing percentage of health care services provided for individuals coverage by government plans. This will result in even more cost-shifting to private health insurers until the insurers are out of business. At that point, Obama will achieve his dream of a single payer system. Reimbursements to the providers for ALL services will be very low, but there will be no private health insurers to which to shift costs. Health care providers / services will, therefore, be less plentiful, quality will decrease and rationing will have to occur. It is so painfully obvisous, but there are millions who have bought into the snake oil put forth by politicians.
Anything short of full repeal of Obamacare will result in certain doom. Take it to the bank….the government-controlled bank, that is.
Buckeye, you hit the nail on the head. For all those who think this will save money by lowering rates, please check out the Medicare Actuary’s recent report on costs as well as the Congressional Budget Offices new estimates on cost. In support of Buckeye’s comments on running insurance out of business, you need only look to recent actions by Maine’s Insurance Commish and MA governor who want to choke off insurance rates by fiat. In Maine, the comish ruled against a rate increase on individual policies as “people” hurting from the economic times all against the backdrop of statistical proof that they were losing money. Incredibly, the Comish told them they had a duty to lose money in these tough times. Look for more of the same from Congress. They want to control rates so they don’t look so bad when the huge increases start to kick in. Obfuscate, misdirect and demagouge, that three legged stool that Obamacare is built upon. Repeal and re-start is the only solution to a problem made worse by the social engineering of this admin.