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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 01:05 AM Original message |
Don't sugar coat this shit. Medicare cuts to providers WILL trickle down |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 01:15 AM Response to Original message |
1. Private Insurance Deeply Discounts What They Pay Providers Too |
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Abq_Sarah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 01:22 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Medicare pays less |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 01:23 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. The private insurers pretty much defer to the reimbursement rates of Medicare |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 04:06 PM Response to Reply #1 |
17. nowhere NEAR the amount Medicare does now |
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astonamous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 01:23 AM Response to Original message |
4. A cut in reimbursements will affect employees of hospitals and medical |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 01:24 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. The hospital corporation that I work for said at a meeting a couple of years ago |
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astonamous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 04:06 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. I wouldn't doubt that at all. I work for an ophthalmologist... |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 02:28 AM Response to Original message |
6. Well it's growing like crazy. What's up with that? Gotta do something. |
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Divernan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 07:46 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Stop sending $4.5 million dollar drones to attack on behalf of Big Oil and MIC |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 02:52 AM Response to Original message |
7. Doctors didn't want socialized medicine. |
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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 04:00 AM Response to Original message |
8. But let's not shit coat the sugar either. Big cuts to defense. Small cuts to providers. |
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astonamous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 04:13 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Yep, it's been a cake walk for the doctors. Especially those specializing in geriatric care... |
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Divernan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 07:53 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Hey! It's not like us older Americans need to actually SEE anything! |
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Divernan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 07:55 AM Response to Reply #8 |
13. Got any links documenting specifically how big the cuts to defense will be? |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 10:28 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Obama's own budget for next year increases war spending. nt |
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daa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 10:22 AM Response to Reply #8 |
14. What bull I read on aretiree board a retiree moved to Seattle |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 10:27 AM Response to Reply #8 |
15. The AMA is a RW tool these days. |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 04:09 PM Response to Reply #8 |
18. Small cuts to providers will probably close more doors to recipients |
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LaydeeBug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
19. But did you SEE HOW FLEXIBLE he was when he BENT OVER for the other side? He's just amazing! |
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steve2470 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
20. k&r nt |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
21. Yes or pay it out of pocket. We can't control the rising costs |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-31-11 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
22. Doctors are already not accepting Medicare patients because of "low" reimbursement. |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 02:40 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. They aren't starving and they aren't going to start. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 02:54 PM Response to Reply #23 |
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loyalsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
24. That's a reasonable concern for us all |
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Tatiana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
25. Yep. It's just like what happened with Medicaid. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 02:56 PM Response to Reply #25 |
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sad sally (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
28. Recipients in skilled nursing facilities will feel the affects very soon. |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-01-11 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
29. Exactly and thanks for posting this. K&R! |
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