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Primary-Care Doctors Who Refer Patients to Specialists Will Face Financial Penalties Under Obamacare
Economic Policy Journal ^ | 12/25/09 | Robert Wenzel

Posted on 12/25/2009 1:23:37 PM PST by FromLori

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1 posted on 12/25/2009 1:23:37 PM PST by FromLori
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To: FromLori; perchprism; LomanBill; JDoutrider; tired1; Maine Mariner; demsux; April Lexington; ...

ping related

http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2009/12/whats-really-up-with-pre-exisiting.html


2 posted on 12/25/2009 1:24:40 PM PST by FromLori (FromLori)
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To: FromLori

Someday, the idiots whose votes put Obama in the WH and made the Dems the majority in Congress are going to regret what they did.


3 posted on 12/25/2009 1:27:37 PM PST by Signalman
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To: FromLori
Does this stinking bill have every conceivable means of pissing off primary care doctors?

The Democratic fantasy that they can campaign on this bill provisions demonstrates their fundamental insanity.

4 posted on 12/25/2009 1:29:07 PM PST by Lysandru
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To: Bobkk47

I’ve come to the conclusion that the whole purpose of this policy is to pit person against person, family against family, competing for scarce medical resources and hating everything their neighbor does that would use some of that resource.

If you see an overweight neighbor eating a cheeseburger and know that his choices will reduce the amount of medical care available to you and your children, you’ll grow to hate him, and more importantly, you’ll demand that the government restrict his behavior.

This is the whole point.


5 posted on 12/25/2009 1:32:05 PM PST by MrB (The difference between a humanist and a Satanist is that the latter knows who he's working for.)
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To: FromLori
Obama wants folks to die of untreated cancer ~ just like his mother.

He's not mentally fit to be in a position of authority.

Now, regarding the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. They appear to have some sort of physical presence at: http://directory.psc.gov/os/8.html

6 posted on 12/25/2009 1:33:20 PM PST by muawiyah
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To: FromLori

This stuff is insane. No one will make any effort to abide by the law, nor should they when it is simply mad ravings set on paper.

What if they gave a government and nobody came?


7 posted on 12/25/2009 1:36:39 PM PST by Psalm 144 (What did you think NEW WORLD ORDER meant? The Constitution? States' rights? Individual liberty?)
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To: FromLori

Dropping the bomb on health care a good read. They are bitting the hand that feeds.


8 posted on 12/25/2009 1:37:28 PM PST by ColdOne (ColdOne (Merry Christmas))
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To: MrB

I’ve come to the conclusion that the whole purpose of this policy is to pit person against person, family against family, competing for scarce medical resources and hating everything their neighbor does that would use some of that resource.

If you see an overweight neighbor eating a cheeseburger and know that his choices will reduce the amount of medical care available to you and your children, you’ll grow to hate him, and more importantly, you’ll demand that the government restrict his behavior.

This is the whole point.


But the result may be tumbril carts and guillotines.

These people are cultists.


9 posted on 12/25/2009 1:38:19 PM PST by Psalm 144 (What did you think NEW WORLD ORDER meant? The Constitution? States' rights? Individual liberty?)
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To: muawiyah

Mission
The Department of Health and Human Services is the United States government’s principal agency for protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services, especially for those who are least able to help themselves.


10 posted on 12/25/2009 1:42:00 PM PST by ColdOne (ColdOne (Merry Christmas))
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To: Bobkk47

When? and why someday? what’s wrong with NOW!!????!!!!!!!!!


11 posted on 12/25/2009 1:46:10 PM PST by mojitojoe (“Medicine is the keystone of the arch of socialism.” - Vladimir Lenin)
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To: FromLori
First, thanks for posting the entire article. Way too much unnecessary excerpting and posting just two or three sentences by lazy drive-by FReepers.
Now, I'm thankful none of these regulations kick in for a few years. Maybe I'll die between now and then.
12 posted on 12/25/2009 1:47:38 PM PST by upchuck (The plan for 2010: Pray; Raise/conserve cash; Pray; Pay your debts; Pray; Stockpile; Buy ammo; VOTE!)
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To: muawiyah

try http://www.cms.gov


13 posted on 12/25/2009 1:48:52 PM PST by markman46 (engage brain before using keyboard!!!)
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To: FromLori

The list, ping


14 posted on 12/25/2009 1:50:42 PM PST by Nachum (The complete Obama list at www.nachumlist.com)
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To: FromLori
This is crazy. What MD will be willing to put up with this kind of BS? What a deal, Twice the work for half the pay with Zippy’s minions peering over your shoulder.
15 posted on 12/25/2009 1:51:27 PM PST by JPG (Al Gore, the several million degree man.)
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To: FromLori

"Not for OUR families and mistresses, though. Suckers!"

16 posted on 12/25/2009 1:58:32 PM PST by Diogenesis ("Those who go below the surface do so at their peril" - Oscar Wilde)
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To: Diogenesis

Just can’t say what I would like too say.


17 posted on 12/25/2009 2:03:39 PM PST by manonCANAL
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To: MrB

How long til the fanatics ban Surfing and Footbal. Could be a danger to public Health and Safety ya know. Democrats are Fanatics. Wild eyed Lunatics.


18 posted on 12/25/2009 2:04:21 PM PST by screaminsunshine (!!)
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To: FromLori

Here is a concrete example of the bias for generalists that may impact many individuals. There are two choices for screening colorectal cancer: colonscopy by a specialist or sigmoid scope done by a generalist. The colonscopy is 3 to 5 times more expensive but it covers the entire length of the colon and has the ability to remove polyps. The increased cost is due to the expertise of the physician, the instrument cost, the assistant administering sedation, and the location in a hospital outpatient area. My physician wanted to use the sigmoid scope on me. I refused because the sigmoid scope only covers half of the colon, my physician does not perform the procedure often, and no sedation is available. I have been told that the procedure is very unpleasant. Do you want government officials to force the sigmoid scope on you?


19 posted on 12/25/2009 2:07:23 PM PST by businessprofessor
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To: Bobkk47

I think Robert Wenzel’s article would be much more forceful and effective if he would cite the page no’s and/or section no’s he is referring to.


20 posted on 12/25/2009 2:11:04 PM PST by dearolddad
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