Posted on 03/28/2014 5:56:45 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Do we blame Romneycare,Obamacare, or both?
Both are to blame. So are the congress critters who mandated care whether or not it could be paid for.
Time to go back to Dr. Marcus Welby MD. Time to go back to family doctors and cut the red tape and expense. I’st time for people to take care of themselves, the government sure won’t.
My brother told me Madison Memorial in Rexburg may be facing the same thing.
probably the rigid board unwilling to change is the blame
Many of the smaller ‘independent’ hospitals can only remain open if they’re bought out and taken over by a larger group. The rest will have to shut down. This has been going on for several years. 0bamacare may be hastening events.
bamey care is a completely different animal....
but some of you out there keep trying to find excuses why you were so sure bammey's 2nd term wouldn't be too bad when you voted for him...
When my town’s hospital closed, most assumed it was due to the free treatment provided to illegals (of which my town has tons). The same state that required the hospitals to treat them regardless of insurance (or ID) continuously pared back the reimbursements for such care until the hospital closed; happening all over the country.
Sure the hospital’s closed, but now the healthcare is free.
Expect lots of this. ACA stopped the SHIP program which is what was helping the hospitals to take care of the people who couln’t or wouldn’t pay.
I guess they assumed that everyone would have insurance to pay for their care. Plus they are cutting Medicare reimbursement 80% from 97% of cost.
There will soon be less hospitals in the USA.
The large hospital Corporations are taking over health care.
Giant medical centers and no choices.
I assure you that hospital corporation are non profits in name only and you are not their primary concern.
probably the rigid board unwilling to change is the blame
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Probably insane JACHO requirements coupled with insane treatment rules.
I wonder what creative lie the progressive communists will vomit out of their black mouths when, for the first time in history, American’s life expectancy falls? I predict they will use something like “freedom from old age,” “a glorious sacrifice to help the young,” or “Bush-induced accelerated aging syndrome.”
Well, one no longer has to pay the Hospital....
So, how do they stay open? North Adams is a nice place but there is no way the local citizenry can support a facility this size. This isn't necessarily Obamacare or Romneycare. It's more about declining demographics.
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Evil corp BS !
your not on the DU !
Useful idiot of the left .
The whole point of Obamacare is to punish rural voters !,
Medicare payment system was designed to pay Urban hospitals not conservative rural health.Yale designed it.
Bush and the Gop run Congress helped rural health and Pelosi and Barry uses it to drive people into urban cesspools the Dems Run!
actually, The adems want to close rural health centers and force everyone into urban cesspools they run ,
its an actual strategy at CMS aka Medicare.
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