I think these companies are trying to get in while the gettin’s good, so-to-speak, if they believe they will be forced to deal one way or another later on.
All these “savings” will come out of our pockets one way or another as well.
That is no excuse and this is totally UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
Secret deals? With corporations? Where do the American Citizens fit into all of this mix?
As we continue marching on the road to serfdom...
I agree. I do think it’s very ill-advised.
The government has screwed these hospital over so bad, that they are probably thinking nationalized health care may be better for their bottom line. The indigents are bleeding them dry.
What they don’t understand, is that the government will then make it so every person bleeds them dry. The government is never going to reimburse adequately.
We’re back to ground zero, the theory that hospitals will simple have to make due on less, so that health care will be affordable. The only problem with this theory, is that the government and insurance concerns have just about bled these institutions dry already. There aren’t any more funds to cut.
Services have already been cut to the bone. The institutions are there.
Women used to stay in the hospital for a week, after child birth. When my kids were born, it was about three days. Today the women are sent home the next day.
I know this is a simple indicator of service, but it’s a better indicator than many people might think.
Every service has been cut back. The problem is, the general public isn’t familiar enough with the services provided thirty years ago, to the ones that are provided today.
There have been advances in medicine. We’re not talking about that here. We’re talking about efforts to cut the fat, that have become more than that.
People are in for a very rude awakening. I shudder to think what medicine will be like in ten years, let alone twenty.