Posted on 04/01/2010 12:57:33 PM PDT by Son House
While he looks forward to the bill's largest aspects starting up in 2014, not everything he wanted made it into the bill.
Congressman Walz says, "I said there were a few lines in the sand needed in order for me to support it. It had to have pay-for-value..."
Pay for value refers to geographic disparities in Medicare payments; for example, hospitals in Minnesota will receive significantly less for doing a procedure than a hospital in New York for doing the exact same thing.
That goal, however, is notably absent from the new law.
In its place are 800 million dollars to offset some of the discrepancy, and a promise by the Obama administration to make changes to the practice by the end of 2012. Walz says he feels it is for the best.
Walz says, "Sometimes those absolutely rigid legislative fixes don't allow for implementation in the real world. So I'm comfortable that they did this. I'm comfortable they understand it."
(Excerpt) Read more at keyc.com ...
This legislation will create and save 3 to 4 million jobs, rebuilding America,
making us more globally competitive and energy independent, and transforming our economy for long-term growth;
give 95% of American workers an immediate tax cut; and invest quickly in the economy –
with 75% spent in the first 18 months.
What’s exciting is that southern Minnesotans can benefit greatly from this strategy.
Experts say more than 90 percent of the jobs created will be in the private sector.” added Walz.
hospitals in Minnesota will receive significantly less for doing a procedure than a hospital in New York for doing the exact same thing.
That goal, however, is notably absent from the new law.
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Isn’t that what the Mayo Clinic wanted? Hope they don’t mind getting “significantly less”
From;
Paid political advertising is a full-contact sport
http://www.postbulletin.com/newsmanager/templates/localnews_story.asp?z=12&a=445466
An anti-Walz, presumably pro-Republican group called Minnesota Majority has run attack ads in the P-B over the past few weeks that portray Walz as a blue-faced lapdog of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
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In his own words, that may be fairly accurate
Congressman Walz says, “I said there were a few lines in the sand needed in order for me to support it. It had to have pay-for-value...”
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Then why didn’t it?
The Medicus Firm Physician Survey: 46.3% of PCP physicians would want to quit if Obamacare passes
http://freedomkeys.com/46point3percent.pdf
I faxed him this. Guess he didn’t care.
This is typical of the ultimate conceit of our Congress-clowns. These lawyer dirtbags think they can succeed where no government has ever succeeded, ie delivering high quality, low cost healthcare through government diktats.
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If this “health”care bill is so wonderful, why do they have to change it?
Yep, that ‘pay for value’ is going to cheat a lot of folks here out of wages they’ve worked hard for. Competition for being accepted into some of the advanced schooling takes straight A’s, let alone getting a degree
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