From talking to my dad, it seems that many private practices and even general hospitals turn away people on medicaid or send them to other hospitals to be dealt with, since the money reimbursed from the government pales in comparison to what is being spent. So seems to me with the increase of 36% in cost for medicaid before the healthcare plan (of which I don't know what it actually does), then after the healthcare plan is in place this percentage will sky rocket and probably effect hospitals and certain hospitals and doctors, more than a lot private practices and other hospitals.
If many private practices turn Medicaid recipients down, then how are private physicians "at their limit"? Also, it's scary to think that even after the economy turns around, this money will still be poured into these programs for years just because of red tape and the dependency these people are going to develop.
From talking to my dad, it seems that many private practices and even general hospitals turn away people on medicaid or send them to other hospitals to be dealt with, since the money reimbursed from the government pales in comparison to what is being spent. So seems to me with the increase of 36% in cost for medicaid before the healthcare plan (of which I don't know what it actually does), then after the healthcare plan is in place this percentage will sky rocket and probably effect hospitals and certain hospitals and doctors, more than a lot private practices and other hospitals.
ReplyDeleteIf many private practices turn Medicaid recipients down, then how are private physicians "at their limit"? Also, it's scary to think that even after the economy turns around, this money will still be poured into these programs for years just because of red tape and the dependency these people are going to develop.
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