[4CJ]

So, the best thing to do is to limit the scope and build barriers to growth

I would agree on that point, but how does this bill, all underestimated 400Billion limit the scope of Medicare?

[bonesmccoy]

The bill returns competitive forces to healthcare in our nation.

Under Clinton Admin momentum, the health care system of our nation has been converted to a socialistic one.

Hospitals in most major metropolitan areas receive the lionshare of funding under "risk pools" which make massive allocations of tax payer dollars to hospitals. These allocations have little to do with services because the payments do not correlate to amount of service rendered.

This new legislation specifically creates "FEE FOR SERVICE" models where the physician and hospital are paid ONLY when services are rendered.

In our county nearly 99% of current Medi-Care/Caid funding is tunneled through liberal hospitals (some lead by execs who publicly profess commitment to socialistic models).

These hospitals then dump the funds to foreign bank accounts.

Meanwhile, the primary care physician site only receives about 1% of the total premium paid by the fed to states.