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If you don't believe me find one and ask them. It's time to fix this and stop acting like it's going to hurt us.

By: HSR0601

HSR0601 — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 21:22:37 +0000

The House leaders reached a deal on Medicare payments: A "Pay for Value" reimbursement system that rewards doctors and hospitals that achieve the best outcomes at the lowest cost.

As a result, The House gained a lot of votes, a lot of people who were withholding support.

The federal Medicare program insures some 44 million elderly and disabled Americans at an annual cost of $450 billion, almost one-fifth of total U.S. health care spending.

Supporters of the agreement say it could save the Medicare System more than $100 billion a year and improve care, that means $1trillian over a decade. (Please visit http://www.kare11.com/news/news_article.aspx?st... for detailed infos)
The Times in a July 7 editorial argued “As much as 30 percent of all health-care spending in the U.S. -some $700 billion a year- may be wasted on tests and treatments that do not improve the health of the recipients,” Thus the remaining $239 billion over a decade does not matter.
No one can disagree with this best outcome / evidence-based system, and private insurance, too, will be greatly influenced by this change with the focus on value over volume. !

THANK YOU !

By: jilliana

jilliana — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 01:30:38 +0000

Here's something that the majority of you don't realize. The average welfare receipeint in this country receives free money, free dental and medical. We the tax payers are paying for these benefits. The average working person making minimum wage can't afford the same type of medical coverage and is not eligible for free dental and medical coverage because they work. I see something desperately wrong with this system. I for one am willing to pay taxes towards a medical/dental benefit if we are all covered. Afterall the welfare receipients are already receiving what we desperately need. If you don't believe me find one and ask them. It's time to fix this and stop acting like it's going to hurt us.

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By: cliffyworld

cliffyworld — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:42:00 +0000

Creating An Insurance Monopoly: A government-run plan similar to
Medicare would be set up in competition with private insurance, with
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