tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3982919082318269632.post8674434266274538970..comments2024-02-13T02:27:53.181-08:00Comments on Straight Talk on Health Care: Why We Don't Want To Get Rid of Medicare-Our Best Tool for Health Care Reformhealthpolicymavenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13809491580295604800noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3982919082318269632.post-45426538824224461562012-12-05T18:01:55.610-08:002012-12-05T18:01:55.610-08:00By the way you are right ? why we wouldn't thi...By the way you are right ? why we wouldn't this ? its really helpfully for <a href="http://hiyh.info/lang_sg" rel="nofollow">Scoliosis treatment</a> .Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00771439198703966379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3982919082318269632.post-19088701813154905892012-06-28T22:30:15.078-07:002012-06-28T22:30:15.078-07:00It is interesting that one reader has commented on...It is interesting that one reader has commented on the poor in America opting not to have children, yet much of the country has devoted itself to prevent poor women from having access to basic birth control. The furvor over the health care reforms is in large part because of the equalization of female reproductive rights regardless of their economic status. This seems to be a solution that you would support.<br />And I do agree that poverty is not a crime and those who are poor should not be treated as criminals.healthpolicymavenhttp://healthpolicymaven.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3982919082318269632.post-36667952680382396322012-06-28T15:36:52.211-07:002012-06-28T15:36:52.211-07:00Medicare we paid to have and Medicaid is a gift fo...Medicare we paid to have and Medicaid is a gift for consequences of poor people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3982919082318269632.post-49131423921319127172012-06-28T15:35:05.805-07:002012-06-28T15:35:05.805-07:00Medicaid will never be eliminated and to me that i...Medicaid will never be eliminated and to me that is what is making our country lose money. Why should we pay for the birth of babies we never had something to do with their breeding.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3982919082318269632.post-58947162213974003872012-05-06T13:18:42.876-07:002012-05-06T13:18:42.876-07:00Certainly the Medicare reimbursement model needs t...Certainly the Medicare reimbursement model needs to change. Because of the scope of Medicare and its impact on the entire country's health care it is the best place to figure out how to build a better patient care model, including paying the clinicians for their work. Presently our health care system pays for transactions, not health, and this needs to change. The Accountable Care model attempts to look at this paradigm to align Medicare/Medicaid payments for better health care outcomes.<br />Thanks for taking the time to read and comment on my article. I know it wasn't the leanest one I've written.healthpolicymavenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13809491580295604800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3982919082318269632.post-58795877221896696692012-05-06T04:39:20.578-07:002012-05-06T04:39:20.578-07:00The most frequent concern I hear among seniors whe...The most frequent concern I hear among seniors when dicussing Medicare is whether they will be able to see their primary care doctor or in fact any primary care doctor. The lack of quick access to primary care (an appointment in a day or two and not a week or two) as well as affordability are vital. These things come by looking at the new and better ways to deliver primary care as well as the government (CMS) and private sector realizing that PCP's are the most effective dollar spent in healthcare. If Medicare and Medic aid reimbursements are stripped here then we will all be in trouble. Maybe not right away but eventually as PCP's leave the field. we cannot afford to fall into the trap of thinking that Medicare rule and funding changes impact only the elderly and poor. eventually we are all affected by Medicare rules about care, cost, funding and delivery models.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3982919082318269632.post-54005557281934244362012-04-30T09:11:36.321-07:002012-04-30T09:11:36.321-07:00Thanks for reading the article. I have used both t...Thanks for reading the article. I have used both the Medicare and Medicaid terms specifically. CMS administers both programs and the block granting that occurred under the Bush Administration transferred much more financial burden to the states for Medicaid. The idea that is being discussed by some people to reform Medicare is simply to have a fixed budget allocation per capita, which is basically a block grant.Because there are dual eligible Medicare/Medicaid constituents this would at a very minimum have a financial impact on the states. Further, the block grant or capitation budget approach does not address any of the other reforms needed to bring Medicare and national health care costs down, which is also the reason I wrote the two-part article. My apologies if it wasn't clear enough for you.<br />Thank you for taking the time to comment.healthpolicymavenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13809491580295604800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3982919082318269632.post-48780613076617371062012-04-30T01:34:19.550-07:002012-04-30T01:34:19.550-07:00This article often uses the word Medicare when it ...This article often uses the word Medicare when it is referring to Medicaid. <br /><br />It also says "Parallels are drawn between the Medicaid changes and what may happen to Medicare if it is schlepped to the states."<br /><br />What proposal is suggesting that Medicare by turned over to the states? None that I have ever heard of.dennis byronhttp://byrondennis.typepad.com/masshealthstats/noreply@blogger.com