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To: HairBall who started this subject	3/6/2001 10:45:31 AM
From: Tunica Albuginea	Read Replies (2) of 99985

VPCheney released today after angioplasty. We are now in a Taco Bell, fast food health care environment. People look at this and are still clueless. The cost of this procedure will greatly add to the forthcoming of the Economic Bankruptcy of our health care system. On VPCheney's angioplasty occasion, I have compiled a review of it. Like VP Cheney, patients are in and out of the hospital every few months. 75% of seniors get this eventually. The costs are astronomical, TA ============================================== An Illustration of Balloon Angioplasty and Stenting vascular.mdmercy.com Coronary Artery Stenting in a private hospital were $14,978. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov This procedure needs to be done every 3 to 9 months on average for most seniors, since it affects 75% of seniors. Octagenarians now get this all the time ( all on borrowed Medicare dollars ) ncbi.nlm.nih.gov Despite cost reduction efforts, the costs of PTCA are rising because of increased consumption of resources in the catheterization laboratory. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov Medicare reimbursement changes will substantially realign previously misaligned financial and clinical incentives for hospitals. The immediate effect on hospitals will be to enhance profitability, whereas the effect on Medicare will be to increase expenditures. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov That means that seniors are getting the equivalent of a new car every one or two years. This is independent of any other addittional health care costs TA@YourWallettOnTheHospitalBarbie(barbecue).com

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