Posted on 10/07/2012 2:42:54 PM PDT by ColdOne
Hospitals who re-admit patients within 30 days after they were discharged will now have to, under an Obamacare provision, pay fines as of October 1, 2012, which could force hospitals to slash programs that help the elderly, the poor, and the chronically ill.
According to a study, "about two-thirds of the hospitals serving Medicare patients, or some 2,200 facilities, will be hit with penalties averaging around $125,000 per facility this coming year."
This provision was inserted into Obamacare as a cost-cutting measure, but it will force hospitals to give the poor, elderly, and chronically ill substandard care.
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
We had to pass it to find out what was in it.....
So, dying patients will be greeted in the Emergency Room by a guard who will say, “Sorry, you were here last month. Come back in another six days. We can’t afford to give you free treatment AND pay Obama a hefty fine so he can send the money to the Muslim Brotherhood.
“Goodbye. And good luck!”
...or not even admit them at all - hospital administrators and their lawyers will figure out how to work around this rule.
Barry was so used to running the car companies that he thought the human body (and healthcare) could be run with warranties. Under this scenario, life insurance means you will never die.
DEATH PANEL LITE.........
Goal: fine the hospitals until you own them. Especially those pesky Catholic ones.
If you don't keep them long enough you get fined.
If you breathe you get fined.
If you don't breath you get fined.
Precisely. The noose tightens.
A smart Hospital admnistrater would hire Michelle Obama.
Her specialty at her last hospital job was sending poor people to other hospitals.
All those liberals.....surprise! It won’t be Ryan pushing your grandmother off the cliff. Under obamacare, they’ll die before they get to the it.
Oh, dear.
The article uses the future tense. But I just noticed that these fines begin “October 1, 2012.”
In other words, this rule is already in effect.
Wow, that sounds like a great idea (not).
People aren’t cars to be diagnosed and repaired. There is always the possibility of complications popping up after one’s release from the hospital, which have little to do with how well the medical staff did their jobs.
But that’s okay, I guess... it *does* save money if those people aren’t readmitted... funerals do cost less than hospitalizations...
Had more than my share of hospitalizations, and the truth is, due to insurance pressure, sometimes you are dismissed too early, subsequently suffer complications, and need to be readmitted. But the pressure comes from the insurance company to discharge quickly in the first place...since I’m not on Medicare, I have no idea if they exert the same pressure to discharge the patient.
There’s going to be incredible pressure put on the ER doctor to not readmit, which may ultimately result in a slew of lawsuits if things turn out badly if the patient isn’t readmitted.
Seems the hospitals will be caught in a catch 22.
So when the hospitals begin denying admittance because of potential fines, and the patient dies from negligence..........this will be pure gold for the trial attorneys. Hahahahahaha.......this is so rich with irony I can’t believe it.
No matter how many times the hospitals turn them away, the 69 million will still revere their Obama. Because they know “He cares”
The hospitals lobby hard now to discharge you on hospice care, “comfort care” if you have a chronic illness...Under that scenario you don’t have the option to return to the hospital! They’ve been prepping for this for the past year or so.
Un bleeping believable!
...because elderly patients are victim to more chronic illnesses and more relapses (among other things), perhaps?
I can imagine hospital staff bending the rules to keep patients under observation longer. IOW, this plus the negligence double-jepoardy, plus the additional treatment required of frozen-out patients waiting out the clock, would only seem to increase, not decrease, costs in the longer term.
(But what else to expect from more government regulation where beforehand none was needed?)
Time to buy stock in funeral home supplies companies.
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