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To: i-node who wrote (737864)	9/8/2013 6:47:57 AM
From: Alighieri	1 Recommendation Recommended By J_F_Shepard Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578997

Sounds like they don't have a great deal of confidence that Obamacare is going to reduce health care costs, doesn't it? ibm has been paring benefits for decades....nothing to do with obamacare Stick to what you know and quit hanging on to straws to feed your biases. A series of recent government reports and industry analyses have shown a decrease in overall health care costs. In May, a Congressional Budget Office report showed a $618 billion drop in projected Medicare and Medicaid spending over the next decade. A recent study by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) showed that for Americans who receive health insurance through their employers, premiums rose 3% from 2011 to 2012, the lowest increase since 1996. .... Even so, rehospitalization rates for Medicare patients have dropped because of penalties for hospitals that readmit patients within 30 days; accountable care organizations have changed from billing per procedure to sharing in savings they achieve by avoiding duplicate tests and unnecessary procedures; and hospitals receive reduced payments for poor performance because of the law. "The law includes provisions intended to foster coordinated care, reduce preventable health complications during hospitalizations, and promote the adoption of more efficient health information technology," Krueger wrote. usatoday.com Al