Fact.. No President has ever been re-elected with unemployment rate above 7.5% (millionaire, March)
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ah Healthcare has always been rationed by your insurance company. They decide what they will and will not pay for and what your limits are. Even then the only way around those would be to pay cash.
Also the State via its board limits what treatments a Doctor can do and keep his license. If your doctor prescribes back rubs and not chemo/surgery to get rid of cancer then state could take away his license.
As for your story about working in healthcare (I doubt you do).
The hospital is the most expensive place to get treatment and as soon as your condition allows it you will be released to either your home or a nursing home (a skilled care facility). Sending a visiting nurse or other healthcare provider like a CNA is cheaper. Hence why hospitals are under pressure to release patients sooner (i.e. your insurance company is going to start to complain if you send excessive time in the hospital).
Re-admittance suggests the hospital didn’t do its job when they release the person. It could be the hospital is not at fault (i.e. the person truly got sicker or was made sick by something else). Or it could be a case of the hospital releasing the person a bit too early, or not explaining their treatment/care. It is like a Mechanic Shop with a high return rate (either they are not fixing the problem or they have other issues).
There are a couple more factors here...including doctors who refuse to do what is necessary for a person who is essentially on their last leg (DNR comfort care, hospice) because it benefits their wallet, and the patients who are unwilling to follow the plan of home care and end up right back in the hospital, ad nauseum (smokers and non-compliant diabetics are the worst at this).
I agree with the spirit of that aspect of the health care bill, but the reality is not always so cut & dry.
There are a couple more factors here...including doctors who refuse to do what is necessary for a person who is essentially on their last leg (DNR comfort care, hospice) because it benefits their wallet, and the patients who are unwilling to follow the plan of home care and end up right back in the hospital, ad nauseum (smokers and non-compliant diabetics are the worst at this).
I agree with the spirit of that aspect of the health care bill, but the reality is not always so cut & dry.
I will also add that many of the elderly are simply unable to follow the plan of home care.
Hell, Medicaid patients age 18-64 apparently can't follow the plan of home care after hospital discharge, either. They have a HIGHER rate of readmission than do Medicare patients. But Obama isn't limiting their medical care.
No, you haven't backed up that a hospital won't take a readmission once they reach a limit. THAT was the claim you mafe and that ismt true. Man up.
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Limits have actually been placed on Medicare readmissions by Obamacare. I did back it up. Both Dr. Sunil Kripalani and NPR agree, higher readmissions result in lowermortality. Lower readmissions result in higher mortality:
fed, clothed, lodged, taught, and employed whether you like it or not. If it were discovered that you had not character and industry enough to be worth all this trouble, you might possibly be executed in a kindly manner.
Does anyone know who's beliefs these are? Pay attention to the red text. Is there a justification for treatment? Obama's solution is to give her a pain pill.
People do not realize that their connections and or insurance type dictates the care that they recieve in many hospitals around the country.
I know, they are very naive about the situation with hospitals and insurance companies. Well they will find that out when their time comes sooner than it really had to.
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