tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post8096173799690917604..comments2024-03-28T23:48:08.527-05:00Comments on Jackson Jambalaya: Moodys: Obamacare helps & hurts hospitalsKingfishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06184990110961727404noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-20114407211949186642015-06-04T06:41:37.976-05:002015-06-04T06:41:37.976-05:00Had MS increased Medicaid, it would have helped ou...Had MS increased Medicaid, it would have helped our hospitals. Most states cited went from an average insured lower class to Medicaid. MS would have gone from the no pay (bad debt) to Medicaid. I' think the Guv is a moron, but he did understand expanding Medicaid would have been an expensive rollback if federal dollars were accepted. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-17963635399988614132015-06-04T01:25:46.338-05:002015-06-04T01:25:46.338-05:00Why can't we all just tap into the federal ins...Why can't we all just tap into the federal insurance that we afford our Congressmen? Why is it okay for me to pay for them to have insurance if I can't afford it for myself? Healthcare should not be a privilege; it should be a right.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-48427048520730116672015-06-03T19:48:56.863-05:002015-06-03T19:48:56.863-05:00"“The bad news is, we saw such a huge increas..."“The bad news is, we saw such a huge increase in Medicaid,” he said, noting that the program pays only about half the hospital’s costs, on average.<br /><br />He said the hospitals saved about $9 million in unpaid bills, but incurred around $28 million in costs for Medicaid patients, only about half of which was reimbursed by the state-run program. The result: Losses of around $5 million, despite expansion. "<br /><br />So, the Democrats' response to losing money on every Medicaid patient really is to make it up on volume. Unbelievable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-63730361560840519312015-06-03T11:41:29.199-05:002015-06-03T11:41:29.199-05:00My reaction to the headline was " Well, DUH&q...My reaction to the headline was " Well, DUH"!<br />Obamacare always had good sections and bad sections.<br /><br />My reaction after reading the article was also " DUH".<br /><br />IF either party had actually taken the sections ( we do have 400 elected humans in Congress with lots of staff each) and examined the possible impacts of each section OR had newspapers had reporters who work rather than be spoon fed "opinions" with omissions large enough for Godzilla to use as a front door, we might have had real reform of a health care system that is still hardly user friendly!<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-65431542103666825762015-06-03T10:25:58.782-05:002015-06-03T10:25:58.782-05:00yet, the major insurers, who initially battled PPA...yet, the major insurers, who initially battled PPACA, are making record bank.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-42386776359160721752015-06-03T10:13:20.492-05:002015-06-03T10:13:20.492-05:00Redistribution via a healthcare ponzi scheme. The...Redistribution via a healthcare ponzi scheme. The left wants anarchy. <br /><br />Buy guns, buy ammo, buy old silver coins and prepare yourself as the day approaches.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com