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Obama's plan to reduce hospital errors is working — and it's saved 50,000 lives
vox ^ | 12-2-2014 | Sarah Kliff

Posted on 12/02/2014 5:51:34 AM PST by Citizen Zed

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To: Citizen Zed

http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/09/20/224507654/how-many-die-from-medical-mistakes-in-u-s-hospitals


21 posted on 12/02/2014 6:22:30 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: Citizen Zed

http://www.dailynews.com/health/20140425/325000-deaths-in-american-hospitals-due-to-medical-errors-sen-barbara-boxer-says


22 posted on 12/02/2014 6:26:42 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: Citizen Zed
More lies.

Lies, damned lies, and statistics.

The same people making the claim that Obamacare is responsible are providing the data that says it happened.

They've already shown they'll lie for the cause. Don't see any reason to believe they're not still doing it.

23 posted on 12/02/2014 6:28:58 AM PST by tacticalogic
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24 posted on 12/02/2014 6:29:19 AM PST by baddog 219
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Ha....they would save even more lives if the closed a few more abortion mills.


25 posted on 12/02/2014 6:33:28 AM PST by spokeshave (He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people,)
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To: Citizen Zed

They don’t have a functioning website and we’re supposed to believe their “system” is working? I call BS. This reporter is pathetic.


26 posted on 12/02/2014 6:41:21 AM PST by Artie (We are surrounded by MORONS)
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To: DaveA37

It’s sort of along the ‘jobs saved’ claim. If you cannot quantify it, you can make up BS about it and Big Media will print your speculation as truth.


27 posted on 12/02/2014 6:55:54 AM PST by originalbuckeye (Moderation in temper is always a virtue; moderation in principle is always a vice. Paine)
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To: Citizen Zed

I understand scores of rural hospitals have been forced to close due to Obamacare.

More fun with numbers, I’m guessing?

Can’t be injured at a hospital that’s gone out of business.


28 posted on 12/02/2014 6:57:35 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Citizen Zed

Sorry, but if an article has the curse word “Obama: in it and this is followed by any claims of intelligence or improvement, I consider the writer to be an idiot and the article to be total bunch of bull-Obama.

Face it, libs, YOUR president is 1) not intelligent at all, 2) a quota baby who couldn’t get into a community college without graft and corruption, 3) immoral, and 4) a slimy Muslim.

And you, and he, can shove both of yourselves up your collective Obamaholes.


29 posted on 12/02/2014 6:59:16 AM PST by Da Coyote
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new financial penalties for hospitals that have particularly high rates of readmissions or harm to Medicare patients.

That is the reason for any change. Either the hospitals were allowing fraudulent re-admissions to bump up their charges, or they were allowing people to claim injury for disability programs. Both of these would bump up their profits but could be easily detected by any level of oversight.

Just because there might be two or three good points in Obama-care, it does not make up for the 2000 other pages of fecal material in the bill.
30 posted on 12/02/2014 7:04:33 AM PST by wbarmy (I chose to be a sheepdog once I saw what happens to the sheep.)
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To: Citizen Zed

Why did he only save the 50K? Were the others white or something?


31 posted on 12/02/2014 7:05:32 AM PST by showme_the_Glory ((ILLEGAL: prohibited by law. ALIEN: Owing political allegiance to another country or government))
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Bald-faced, unadulterated, hideous lies....who in the hell would believe this?


32 posted on 12/02/2014 7:18:04 AM PST by Gaffer
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BS

All the new regs did was change the way hospitals report in order to protect their income.

Interpreting those reporting changes as improvements to care is nothing more than agenda pushing.

I work in health care. I know first hand how all that changed is how things are reported.


33 posted on 12/02/2014 7:21:13 AM PST by ziravan (Choose Sides.)
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To: txrefugee

My thoughts exactly.


34 posted on 12/02/2014 7:22:57 AM PST by left that other site (You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
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To: Citizen Zed

The statistical numbers of death rate and errors always go down when there is no record. No treatment, no record. Brilliant!


35 posted on 12/02/2014 7:30:51 AM PST by poobear (Socialism in the minds of the elites, is a con-game for the serfs, nothing more.)
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To: ziravan

Obamacare: if you want to get paid, you must report that you’re reducing hospital injuries.

Hospitals: we’re reducing injuries, pay us.

Media: it’s a miracle!


36 posted on 12/02/2014 7:31:33 AM PST by ziravan (Choose Sides.)
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