Will Cut Government Reimbursement to Hospitals Also.
Hey folks,
I KNOW some of you just will not get this. But according to Reuters - Obama eyes $313 billion more cuts for healthcare reform by Doug Palmer Doug Palmer – Sat Jun 13, 8:14 am ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Saturday proposed an additional $313 billion in cuts to Medicare, Medicaid and other programs to pay for healthcare reforms expected to cost about $1 trillion over the next decade.
"I know some question whether we can afford to act this year. But the unmistakable truth is that it would be irresponsible to not act," Obama said in an advance text of his weekly radio address.
This is the standard Liberal Socialist propaganda. We must do this now. Forget about thinking about it. The world will end if we don't. Banks, Insurance, Housing, Auto, now Heathcare. Yet EVERYTHING is WORSE since the Government rushed in to "fix" these things. But they must do this NOW. You know, just in case America wises up and throws them out next year.
"So today, I am announcing an additional $313 billion in savings that will rein in unnecessary spending, and increase efficiency and the quality of care -- savings that will ensure that we have nearly $950 billion set aside to offset the cost of health care reform over the next ten years," Obama said.
About $110 billion of the new cuts would come from reducing scheduled increases in Medicare payments. That would encourage healthcare providers to increase productivity, White House budget director Peter Orszag told reporters.
ABSOLUTE BULL. What that will do is shut down Nursing Homes. It will cut and kill Elder Patient care... WAIT!!! Of course it will. THAT IS THE PLAN. Remember this?
Daschle says health-care reform “will not be pain free.” Seniors should be more accepting of the conditions that come with age instead of treating them. That means the elderly will bear the brunt.
{Laughing} I almost forgot about that. Dashcle actually SAID Screw Off old people. Get this.
Medicare now pays for treatments deemed safe and effective. The stimulus bill would change that and apply a cost- effectiveness standard set by the Federal Council (464).
The Federal Council is modeled after a U.K. board discussed in Daschle’s book. This board approves or rejects treatments using a formula that divides the cost of the treatment by the number of years the patient is likely to benefit. Treatments for younger patients are more often approved than treatments for diseases that affect the elderly, such as osteoporosis.
In 2006, a U.K. health board decreed that elderly patients with macular degeneration had to wait until they went blind in one eye before they could get a costly new drug to save the other eye. It took almost three years of public protests before the board reversed its decision.
Back to the current Reuters article.
Obama also proposed cutting payments to hospitals to treat uninsured patients by $106 billion on the assumption those ranks would decline as healthcare reforms phase in.
So that $400 Dollar Aspirin will now cost you $800. More, not less, people will end up going to the Emergency Room because they can not afford treatment, so cost will go through the roof.
An additional $75 billion would come from "better pricing of Medicare drugs," Orszag said, adding the White House was in talks with stakeholders over the best way to do that.
The remaining $22 billion in proposed cuts would come from smaller reforms, such as adjusting payment rates for physician imaging services and cutting waste, fraud and abuse.
So LESS tests will be run to determine what's wrong with you. Doctors will start GUESSING and this will put more people in danger. GREAT job Mr. President.
The new cuts are in addition to a $635 billion "down payment" on healthcare reform that Obama outlined in his budget to Congress earlier this year.
About half of that came from cuts in Medicare and Medicaid and the rest from revenue proposals such as cutting tax deductions for families that make over $250,000 a year.
Back to this? It's not families that make over $250,000 a year. It will be EVERYONE. But the number we ended with with this constant changing target was $100 Grand by VP Biden himself.
Altogether, the Obama administration is now asking Congress to trim spending on Medicare and Medicaid by more than $600 billion over the next decade, which is more than some Democrats are willing to swallow.
Yeah, I thought it was suppose to be the REPUBLICANS that were going to throw Old People out in the streets and make them chose between Medication and Eating. Turns out, like in so many cases, it is ACTUALLY the Libs.
House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles Rangel told reporters after a closed-door meeting with fellow Democrats on the panel that the committee would include about $400 billion in Medicare and Medicaid savings in the healthcare overhaul legislation being drafted.
"We don't think we can do all the things he (Obama) is recommending. ... We think his 600 (billion) is our 400," Rangel told reporters.
Like I said, I understand some of you are not going to get this. The Utopia of Universal Healthcare will cover all these things. But that is just NOT reality. But there is hope. Even the Democrats do not want this one.
Peter
Sources:
Reuters - Obama eyes $313 billion more cuts for healthcare reform
Hey folks,
I KNOW some of you just will not get this. But according to Reuters - Obama eyes $313 billion more cuts for healthcare reform by Doug Palmer Doug Palmer – Sat Jun 13, 8:14 am ETWASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Saturday proposed an additional $313 billion in cuts to Medicare, Medicaid and other programs to pay for healthcare reforms expected to cost about $1 trillion over the next decade.
"I know some question whether we can afford to act this year. But the unmistakable truth is that it would be irresponsible to not act," Obama said in an advance text of his weekly radio address.
This is the standard Liberal Socialist propaganda. We must do this now. Forget about thinking about it. The world will end if we don't. Banks, Insurance, Housing, Auto, now Heathcare. Yet EVERYTHING is WORSE since the Government rushed in to "fix" these things. But they must do this NOW. You know, just in case America wises up and throws them out next year.
"So today, I am announcing an additional $313 billion in savings that will rein in unnecessary spending, and increase efficiency and the quality of care -- savings that will ensure that we have nearly $950 billion set aside to offset the cost of health care reform over the next ten years," Obama said.
About $110 billion of the new cuts would come from reducing scheduled increases in Medicare payments. That would encourage healthcare providers to increase productivity, White House budget director Peter Orszag told reporters.
ABSOLUTE BULL. What that will do is shut down Nursing Homes. It will cut and kill Elder Patient care... WAIT!!! Of course it will. THAT IS THE PLAN. Remember this?Daschle says health-care reform “will not be pain free.” Seniors should be more accepting of the conditions that come with age instead of treating them. That means the elderly will bear the brunt.
{Laughing} I almost forgot about that. Dashcle actually SAID Screw Off old people. Get this.
Medicare now pays for treatments deemed safe and effective. The stimulus bill would change that and apply a cost- effectiveness standard set by the Federal Council (464).
The Federal Council is modeled after a U.K. board discussed in Daschle’s book. This board approves or rejects treatments using a formula that divides the cost of the treatment by the number of years the patient is likely to benefit. Treatments for younger patients are more often approved than treatments for diseases that affect the elderly, such as osteoporosis.
In 2006, a U.K. health board decreed that elderly patients with macular degeneration had to wait until they went blind in one eye before they could get a costly new drug to save the other eye. It took almost three years of public protests before the board reversed its decision.
Back to the current Reuters article.
Obama also proposed cutting payments to hospitals to treat uninsured patients by $106 billion on the assumption those ranks would decline as healthcare reforms phase in.
So that $400 Dollar Aspirin will now cost you $800. More, not less, people will end up going to the Emergency Room because they can not afford treatment, so cost will go through the roof.
An additional $75 billion would come from "better pricing of Medicare drugs," Orszag said, adding the White House was in talks with stakeholders over the best way to do that.
The remaining $22 billion in proposed cuts would come from smaller reforms, such as adjusting payment rates for physician imaging services and cutting waste, fraud and abuse.
So LESS tests will be run to determine what's wrong with you. Doctors will start GUESSING and this will put more people in danger. GREAT job Mr. President.
The new cuts are in addition to a $635 billion "down payment" on healthcare reform that Obama outlined in his budget to Congress earlier this year.
About half of that came from cuts in Medicare and Medicaid and the rest from revenue proposals such as cutting tax deductions for families that make over $250,000 a year.
Back to this? It's not families that make over $250,000 a year. It will be EVERYONE. But the number we ended with with this constant changing target was $100 Grand by VP Biden himself.
Altogether, the Obama administration is now asking Congress to trim spending on Medicare and Medicaid by more than $600 billion over the next decade, which is more than some Democrats are willing to swallow.
Yeah, I thought it was suppose to be the REPUBLICANS that were going to throw Old People out in the streets and make them chose between Medication and Eating. Turns out, like in so many cases, it is ACTUALLY the Libs.
House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles Rangel told reporters after a closed-door meeting with fellow Democrats on the panel that the committee would include about $400 billion in Medicare and Medicaid savings in the healthcare overhaul legislation being drafted.
"We don't think we can do all the things he (Obama) is recommending. ... We think his 600 (billion) is our 400," Rangel told reporters.
Like I said, I understand some of you are not going to get this. The Utopia of Universal Healthcare will cover all these things. But that is just NOT reality. But there is hope. Even the Democrats do not want this one.
Peter
Sources:
Reuters - Obama eyes $313 billion more cuts for healthcare reform
2 comments:
I believe the plan is not to kill elder patient care but to kill elder patients.
With the baby boomer's getting on Social Security it will costs the government to much to care for them so why not kill them off now.
This problem should have been addressed long ago but doing so may have hampered some of the politicians from getting their perks.
Hey Irishgodfather,
Interesting point. {Smile}
Peter
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