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To: VanShuyten

It will keep the poor from dying.

There is not much good in Obama care.

The two good things are the standardization of the Electronic Medical records. While I understand the security risks, I also have seen the benefits first hand. I had four doctors looks at an MRI within an hour of its being completed. Four doctors, four buildings, and what could have been a serious condition was ruled out before I got home.

The second thing is the Accountable Care Organization. For those of us in the real business world, think of it as quality control. People think hospitals are clean and their staffs are competent. They are not.

This rule will eventually base reimbursements on the cost of quality. Your insurance will drive you to the low cost, high quality provider. And if you live in a community with more than one hospital provider—you will be shocked to find the “welfare” or “religious” hospitals have been living with this stuff for years. And they will generally perform better.

This is good. I know a lot you might think its not. But it is.


13 posted on 01/24/2015 2:19:00 PM PST by Vermont Lt (Ebola: Death is a lagging indicator.)
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To: Vermont Lt
People in the business world have no idea how a hospital runs.First off, how do you determine quality? If you determined quality by complication rate, then doctors would cherry pick the patients they treat. Would you rather do surgery on an obese diabetic with a heart condition, or do surgery on an athletic 40 year old with no medical problems? People are not widgets. The more preexisting conditions, the greater risk for complications.
19 posted on 01/24/2015 2:34:33 PM PST by kaila
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