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Posted By Tasine 3 weeks ago in Political NewsRep. Rick Boucher (D-Va.), who voted against the Pelosi health care bill that passed the House of Representatives over the weekend, said he fears that a government-run "public option" health insurance plan -- which the bill would create -- could kill the hospitals in his congressional district.
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Tasine3 weeks ago
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"Boucher noted that non-profit hospitals receive payments from Medicare and Medicaid that do not cover the costs of treating the Medicare and Medicaid patients they take in. Thus, the losses incurred in treating these patients must be made up in the payments the hospitals receive from patients paying their bills with private insurance. Because the House health care bill would drive many patients out of private insurance and into government insurance that will pay rates that approximate Medicare, he argued, this will threaten the survival of the hospitals in his district."-
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Dionys3 weeks ago
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"Boucher noted that non-profit hospitals receive payments from Medicare and Medicaid that do not cover the costs of treating the Medicare and Medicaid patients they take in. Thus, the losses incurred in treating these patients must be made up in the payments the hospitals receive from patients paying their bills with private insurance."
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Utter crap. The payment covers the cost, though it might not cover the inflated hospital billing costs. The 'losses' are imaginary and are likely written off in taxes. -
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hyperbola3 weeks ago
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Boucher sounds like another provincial politician who hasn't seen much of the world and how much better their health care systems function than ours.
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Amazing that right-wingers want to put American companies out of business. They can't compete internationally when saddled with the incompetent blood-sucking leeches that we currently tolerate in our "health care" segment.
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jordan113 weeks ago
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Oh yeah. All those democrats are the devil in disguise. They want to 'kill' hospitals, kill your granny, and will take great pleasure in watching people die, watching people lose hospitals, watching people suffer. UH HUH! that's their evil plan all right! Dang crazy people and their nutty thinking!
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