burythehatchet
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Sat Jul-29-06 11:12 AM
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Very simple, temporary fix for healthcare financing |
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Pass legislation that makes it mandatory for healthcare providers to charge uninsured patients an amount equivalent to the average price they charge insured patients for identical services.
Stops cost shifting to those least able to afford it.
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Sat Jul-29-06 11:20 AM
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1. that would be a perfect start n/t |
napi21
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Sat Jul-29-06 11:27 AM
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2. They'll never go for it! |
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A close friend and former co-worker is the Accg. Director for a very large hospital group in Pgh. Pa. The calculation is actually also quite simple. A hospital totals all the actual expenses of operation for a given period, a month, 6 months, or a year. They work out the best reimbursement deal they can with the insurance carriers, and the remaining expenses have to be recovered from somewhere, so the remaining costs are charged to the only remaining uncontrolled group...the uninsured!
he couldn't continue the current system under your suggestion. The Hospitals would close, the Insurance carriers wouldn't be able to ever get an agreement, and the only solution I can see is upping the insurance permiums even over the prices we can't afford NOW!
Personally, I have a simpler fix. Let's go back to the days when a Doctor actually diagnosed you in his office, gave you some meds and you went home! Hell, sometimes they even diagnosed you via the phone!!!!! NOW, they send you to some specialist, or to get some xrays, so they can call you the next day to say "You have pneumonia, and I'll call in a prescription!" Are the Docs so unsure of their abilities now that they nave to get a firm confirmation on every damn thing???? Do you realize how much all those extra tests and specialists COST?
GGGRRRRR, it's bad to get me started on this subject.
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