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A Battle to Change Medicare Is Brewing, Whether Trump Wants It or Not
NY Times ^
| Nov 25 2016
| NY Times
Posted on 11/25/2016 5:14:55 PM PST by WilliamIII
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To: WilliamIII
Capitation was a disaster for commercial insurance. What do you say we try it at the Federal level?
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posted on
11/25/2016 5:20:28 PM PST
by
JusPasenThru
(Well...bye.)
To: WilliamIII
Kick illegals off Medicaid and we’ll be fine.
To: WilliamIII
The first thing I would do with Medicare is mandate that no more than 12% of every health care dollar spent by Medicare can go to administrative costs - with cheating punishable by mandatory imprisonment for at least 2 years. Administrative costs are over 26% in US healthcare, as opposed to 12-15% in Europe and elsewhere. By doing this, you wouldn't have to specifically address how to decrease administrative costs. The administrators whose salaries are paid out of that money would sort themselves out - likely by decreasing the number of administrators markedly. This would be an automatic cost reduction of at least 10-15% across the board. Insurance companies would follow suit. It would streamline medicine, and put more of the money where it's supposed to be, in the direct care of patients.
To: JonPreston
Kick illegals off Medicare
Sorry, I get the sense Paul Ryan wants illegals to stay on - and you and me to pay more. Ryan seems to think he won the election, not trump. Maybe he’s right
To: JonPreston
The issue came up rarely because it is not an issue.
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posted on
11/25/2016 5:24:42 PM PST
by
Mouton
(The insurrection laws maintain the status quo now.)
To: Mouton
What do you mean, “it’s not an issue”?
If Ryan pushes for it, it becomes an issue - and it could derail Trumps own agenda on immigration, etc. Maybe that’s Ryan’s plan?
The good news, Trump could support primaries against Repubs who side with Ryan, and clear the party of the Ryanists. Seniors will gladly vote against them
To: WilliamIII
Trump didn’t run on it. He ran on a lot of stuff, some of it big government stuff I am not big on, but I think he should work on the numerous promises he made. No free riders. Wait till 2020 for that stuff.
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posted on
11/25/2016 5:37:24 PM PST
by
Dr. Sivana
(There is no salvation in politics.)
To: WilliamIII
So Ryan pushes for this, Trump vetoes it and Ryan cannot overturn the veto.
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posted on
11/25/2016 5:38:03 PM PST
by
rocksblues
(The Obama administration the most unlawful, corrupt administration in US history.)
To: WilliamIII
Just in time for my retirement.I paid into it...since I was 16...and now they're gonna shut the door on me.Of course Ryan will have a solid gold plan even if he lives to be 100.
To: WilliamIII
Ryan has been pushing for this since 2011. It has little support from what I see.
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posted on
11/25/2016 5:38:48 PM PST
by
Mouton
(The insurrection laws maintain the status quo now.)
To: WilliamIII
But, of course, we have an unlimited checkbook for taking care of illegals and their offspring.
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posted on
11/25/2016 5:40:32 PM PST
by
rbg81
(Truth is stranger than fiction)
To: WilliamIII
How do you say “ Lame Duck Rinos”? Oh, yeah, “Ryan, McConnell”
Anyone surprised?
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posted on
11/25/2016 5:53:52 PM PST
by
Billyv
(Freedom isn't Free! Get off the sidelines!)
To: JonPreston
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posted on
11/25/2016 6:00:27 PM PST
by
Dick Bachert
(THE 4TH STATE HERE HAS BECOME A 5TH COLUMN. TREASON TRIALS COMING?)
To: Mouton
If they start pushing this, Trump needs to publicly promise a veto
Trump promised that repealing and replacing Obamacare would be job 1. I haven’t heard anything in recent days - are they going to move forward or chicken out?
To: WilliamIII
It seems like obamacare is taking money from Medicare so if obamacare is repealed the depletion of funds will stop.
To: Gay State Conservative
Don’t get your hopes up...I’m 4ecently on Medicare...first find a good doc who takes Medicare...2nd I had to have an MRU...Medicare paid about $120 of the $950 charge...
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posted on
11/25/2016 6:33:04 PM PST
by
goodnesswins
(Say hello to President Trump)
To: JonPreston
make all govt employees go on medicare and let them buy their won supplement....this includes all of them...
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posted on
11/25/2016 6:33:40 PM PST
by
cherry
To: WilliamIII
Ryan is trying to clog the schedule to derail Trump.
To: Dr. Sivana
“Trump didnt run on it.”
What is “it”? One of Trump’s major promises was/is to repeal and replace Obamacare.
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posted on
11/25/2016 6:42:23 PM PST
by
odawg
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