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Politics : A US National Health Care System? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (17223)	4/22/2010 5:05:40 PM
From: John Carragher	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 42652

came across this on boston.com it is from blog.. but says why hospitals maybe be refusing some patients. “Health Law Bans New Doctor-Owned Hospitals, Blocks Expansion of Existing Ones” [snip] The new health care overhaul law, which promised increased access and efficiency in health care, will prevent doctor-owned hospitals from adding more rooms and more beds, says a group that advocates physician involvement in every aspect of health care delivery. [snip] The new health care rules single out such hospitals, making new physician-owned projects ineligible to receive payments for Medicare and Medicaid patients. Existing doctor-owned hospitals will be grandfathered in to get government funds for patients but must seek permission from the Department of Health and Human Services to expand. That’s a lot of access to communities that will be denied,” Sandvig told CNSNews.com. “The existing hospitals are greatly affected. They can’t grow. They can’t add beds. They can’t add rooms. Basically, it stifles their ability to change and meet market needs. This is really an unfortunate thing as well, because we are talking about some of the best hospitals in the country.” The organization says physician-owned hospitals have higher patient satisfaction, greater control over medical decisions for patients and doctor, better quality care and lower costs. Further, physician-owned hospitals have an average 4-1 patient-to-nurse ratio, compared to the national average of 8-1 for general hospitals. Further, these 260 doctor-owned hospitals in 38 states provide 55,000 jobs, $2.4 billion in payroll and pay $509 million in federal taxes, according to the PHA. [snip] GETTING RID OF THE COMPETITION IS JOB ONE! nerepublican.com

To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (17223)	4/22/2010 6:29:59 PM
From: TimF	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42652

and also Medicare pays at least 80% of everything except drugs which is additional as Part D Which means that the taxpayers pay for it a different way. People are still paying for it.