The uninsured don’t want to pay for it and they certainly don’t want to be forced to pay for it!
“.............Accountable care organizations (ACOs) are established in the Affordable Care Act under a Medicare Shared Savings Program (Sec 3022). The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) defines ACOs as “groups of doctors, hospitals, and other health care providers, who come together voluntarily to give coordinated high quality care to their Medicare patients.” It further states that “[w]hen an ACO succeeds in both delivering high-quality care and spending health care dollars more wisely, it will share in the savings it achieves for the Medicare program.” Translated into practical, real-world terms: when an ACO delivers care to predetermined standards and spends less health care dollars to do so, it can see a bonus. The concerning features now become who sets the standards of care and how it is possible to spend less money and provide high-quality care.
The first question is relatively easy to answer, because there is a set list of things that need to be reported in order for an ACO to be considered legitimate. There are a total of 33 items on this list, known as quality performance standards, that will be evaluated for each ACO. These standards are made up of both subjective and objective measures of performance. The law is vague as to whether these standards will be compared to other ACOs or to some national average for interpretation, and, according to the affordable care act, the standards are subject to change: “The Secretary shall seek to improve the quality of care furnished by ACOs over time by specifying higher standards, new measures, or both for purposes of assessing such quality of care..............”
http://www.americanthinker.com/2013/10/the_hidden_dangers_of_accountable_care_organizations.html
According to a Gallup poll released earlier this week, 69% of young adults don’t even KNOW they are required to purchase health insurance or pay a penalty.
They are just starting to find this out and they are ticked.
Guess they’ll have to beg Pop to take them back on his plan as long as they’re 26 or younger.