From the Wisconsin Rapids Tribune: Wisconsin hospitals and medical clinics are bracing for significant changes to the way they do business because of federal health care reform.
Many providers have already begun diverting resources away from direct patient care to staff centers tasked with researching more efficient ways of delivering care. Some are announcing cutbacks in anticipation of major portions of the Affordable Care Act going into effect next year.
Some providers warn the health care law creates an unsustainable healthcare system that will eventually crash under financial pressure.
To force this change, the law limits planned increases in Medicare reimbursements to put the brakes on escalating health care costs. The law also creates opportunities for providers to share in Medicare savings as an incentive to work more efficiently. And, it penalizes those medical providers who don’t continue improving quality while these changes take place.
Some doctors warn the system is fundamentally flawed because it forces them to operate at a loss, and, the financial incentives to focus on quality only apply to patients on Medicare, not those who pay with private insurance.
Doctors may find themselves in the position of losing money, which could lead to them turning down care for Medicare recipients or raising prices on everyone else to further subsidize people already receiving government assistance, said Dr. Ashok Rai, president and CEO of Green Bay-based Prevea Health. http://www.wisconsinrapidstribune.com/article/20131123/WRT/311230430/Wisconsin-s-hospitals-clinics-must-transform-survive-under-ACA
Thanks to POS Obama, Felony Thief Dina Titus of Nevada and Senile/Liar/Coward Harry Reid, they have helped destroy the world's greatest health care system.
Obama, Reid and Titus have continually lied to us, they are forcing us to pay higher costs for health care and we are getting less quality care.
Thank you, you Democrat ass holes. You should be ashamed of yourselves.
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