Hospitals get ready for expected Medicare funding cuts
December 9, 2011 at 1:31 am in Hudson Star-Observer
When Congress’ special debt reduction committee, the Super Committee, hit a stalemate last month, it was a bad-news/ not-so-bad news situation for the hospitals in River Falls and Hudson. Continue Reading
And if they think they have problems now, just wait until Obamacare fuly kicks in.
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My sentiments exactly when I read the article. They ain’t seen nothing yet! Funny how government likes to talk about greedy insurance companies, but then when it comes to Medicare they just pay whatever the heck they want to. Just another unsustainable government handout….promises made without the ability to pay.
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yep- my insurance is going up in preperation for your presidents “health care plan”
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Nice of you to interview the New Richmond and Baldwin Hospital big shots. Not. To get the big picture, you should have talked to them, too.
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In last week’s S-O, there are 2 articles about Hudson Hospital. There’s this one, warning about the Medicare $$ cutbacks, and a second article about all the money Hudson Hospital just spent upgrading their operating rooms with Hi-Def monitoring screens and equipment. Hmmm…
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I think that when they say “Hospitals get ready for expected Medicare funding cuts”
They really mean the billing systems have been updated to automatically add 25% to any bill to an insurance company… As insured taxpayers, we will get double whacked by Obama and his “reform”. At least we still have the Bush tax cuts….oops, wait a minute….
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