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There will be many words from many people about much of the President’s State of the Union speech from last night.

I will only focus on one line, which distinctly highlights again just how out to lunch the man is when it comes to real healthcare reforms in this country.

During his speech the President said this:

We’ll bring down costs by changing the way our government pays for Medicare, because our medical bills shouldn’t be based on the number of tests ordered or days spent in the hospital – they should be based on the quality of care that our seniors receive.

In other words, we should stop paying for tests based on the number performed and we should stop paying for hospitals based on the number of days in which a patient stays in the hospital. Instead, we should pay based on the quality of care given, which I guess means if suddenly your stool sample turns to gold, we’ll charge more.

His approach makes no sense. Healthcare cannot be paid for based on quality of care without introducing subjective standards that will themselves drive up the costs of healthcare. He might as well claim he does not want to pay for healthcare at all or, at best, will cover the costs with unicorn farts.

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And maybe some whale puke.

So are hospitals gonna start relying on tips, or maybe the docs will start going door to door in a horse drawn buggy working for meals and barter, just bypass the hospital all together and treat everyone in their own home, back to leeches and poultices.

nothing the pretender and chief said was based on reality! he lives in a fantasy world puffed up on crack!!

He said he smoked mary jane .But I wounder what was in that to make him the way he is .DO AS I SAY OR YOU ARE NOT PLAYING FAIR .

Quality care cost money, so he is going to save money by giving us better care-----sounds like 200% of nothing to me.
It all means that if you are poor and old, just put your head between your legs and kiss your tail goodby.

It seems to me like he's hinting at socialized health care. No charges for all the tests or for hospital stays. All of the doctors, nurses, hospital staff, etc. will get paid by the government, the hospital doesn't need to make money. As for quality, everyone will get treated the same--like cattle.

Posted By abranch on 13 Feb 2013 09:53 PM
Quality care cost money, so he is going to save money by giving us better care-----sounds like 200% of nothing to me.
It all means that if you are poor and old, just put your head between your legs and kiss your tail goodby.

if your old and can still flex to kiss your tail goodbye I'D  SAY LIFES PRETTY DAMN GOOD

we should pay based on the quality of care given, which I guess means if suddenly your stool sample turns to gold, we’ll charge more.

 

I know and realize that the cost of providing Medicare is high but we have all paid into the system in order to have it, so first of all it is not an outright entitlement as most of the politicians call it, and second of all the main reason it doesn't work as first intended is that it has been mismanaged by the government.
The real entitlement for medical is Medicaid for those who don't or won't work. I'll bet we could shore up Medicare if we didn't give away so much in Medicaid.

You do have a point yote, and actually I can't---darn it.

hell I COULDN'T DO IT AS A teenager. good thing to. if I could have I may not have ever left my room