ONLY 10 questions to get educated on a TWO THOUSAND PLUS page set of statutes, provisions, limitations, new taxes, and such?
Ooooookay.
Actually, I did not fail it, but I DID LEARN something...This is what I learned -
At LEAST TWO MSM journalists/political commentators/anchors from ABC News are on the Board of TRUSTEES for The Kaiser Family Foundation, and both VERY pro-Obama and pro-Obamacare.
I suppose the Kaiser "family" of "trustees" wouldn't want anything questioned that might put the ACA in any negative light...lol
Those two are Charlie Gibson and Cokie Roberts....
Another is David Satcher, former Surgeon General appointed by Bill Clinton in his 2nd term, Democrat, and active advocate for a SINGLE-PAYER health system, all the while knowing that Obamacare is a lead-in to such -
To be fair, I must mention that former Republican RINO Senator, Bill Frist is (or was) on the Trustee Board...However, Frist is not a big supporter of Obamacare's entirety, but IS a supporter of the bill in part
And here is another Kaiser family "trustee" - former Governor of Wisconsin, Obama supporter, and left-wing Progressive, Jim Doyle -
Ooooookay.
Actually, I did not fail it, but I DID LEARN something...This is what I learned -
At LEAST TWO MSM journalists/political commentators/anchors from ABC News are on the Board of TRUSTEES for The Kaiser Family Foundation, and both VERY pro-Obama and pro-Obamacare.
I suppose the Kaiser "family" of "trustees" wouldn't want anything questioned that might put the ACA in any negative light...lol
Those two are Charlie Gibson and Cokie Roberts....
Another is David Satcher, former Surgeon General appointed by Bill Clinton in his 2nd term, Democrat, and active advocate for a SINGLE-PAYER health system, all the while knowing that Obamacare is a lead-in to such -
To be fair, I must mention that former Republican RINO Senator, Bill Frist is (or was) on the Trustee Board...However, Frist is not a big supporter of Obamacare's entirety, but IS a supporter of the bill in part
And here is another Kaiser family "trustee" - former Governor of Wisconsin, Obama supporter, and left-wing Progressive, Jim Doyle -
ONLY 10 questions to get educated on a TWO THOUSAND PLUS page set of statutes, provisions, limitations, new taxes, and such?
Ooooookay.
Actually, I did not fail it, but I DID LEARN something...This is what I learned -
At LEAST TWO MSM journalists/political commentators/anchors from ABC News are on the Board of TRUSTEES for The Kaiser Family Foundation, and both VERY pro-Obama and pro-Obamacare.
I suppose the Kaiser "family" of "trustees" wouldn't want anything questioned that might put the ACA in any negative light...lol
Those two are Charlie Gibson and Cokie Roberts....
Another is David Satcher, former Surgeon General appointed by Bill Clinton in his 2nd term, Democrat, and active advocate for a SINGLE-PAYER health system, all the while knowing that Obamacare is a lead-in to such -
To be fair, I must mention that former Republican RINO Senator, Bill Frist is (or was) on the Trustee Board...However, Frist is not a big supporter of Obamacare's entirety, but IS a supporter of the bill in part
And here is another Kaiser family "trustee" - former Governor of Wisconsin, Obama supporter, and left-wing Progressive, Jim Doyle -
(more)Ooooookay.
Actually, I did not fail it, but I DID LEARN something...This is what I learned -
At LEAST TWO MSM journalists/political commentators/anchors from ABC News are on the Board of TRUSTEES for The Kaiser Family Foundation, and both VERY pro-Obama and pro-Obamacare.
I suppose the Kaiser "family" of "trustees" wouldn't want anything questioned that might put the ACA in any negative light...lol
Those two are Charlie Gibson and Cokie Roberts....
Another is David Satcher, former Surgeon General appointed by Bill Clinton in his 2nd term, Democrat, and active advocate for a SINGLE-PAYER health system, all the while knowing that Obamacare is a lead-in to such -
To be fair, I must mention that former Republican RINO Senator, Bill Frist is (or was) on the Trustee Board...However, Frist is not a big supporter of Obamacare's entirety, but IS a supporter of the bill in part
And here is another Kaiser family "trustee" - former Governor of Wisconsin, Obama supporter, and left-wing Progressive, Jim Doyle -
When the Supreme Court ruling came out, hospital stocks jumped. And many of the health insurance companies' stocks were bid up before the ruling on the belief that the Supreme Court would strike down the entire law.
The Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) is a U.S. Act of Congress passed in 1986 as part of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA). It requires hospitals to provide care to anyone needing emergency healthcare treatment regardless of citizenship, legal status or ability to pay. There are no reimbursement provisions. Participating hospitals may only transfer or discharge patients needing emergency treatment under their own informed consent, after stabilization, or when their condition requires transfer to a hospital better equipped to administer the treatment.
EMTALA applies to "participating hospitals." The statute defines "participating hospitals" as those that accept payment from the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) unde...
When the Supreme Court ruling came out, hospital stocks jumped. And many of the health insurance companies' stocks were bid up before the ruling on the belief that the Supreme Court would strike down the entire law.
The Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) is a U.S. Act of Congress passed in 1986 as part of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA). It requires hospitals to provide care to anyone needing emergency healthcare treatment regardless of citizenship, legal status or ability to pay. There are no reimbursement provisions. Participating hospitals may only transfer or discharge patients needing emergency treatment under their own informed consent, after stabilization, or when their condition requires transfer to a hospital better equipped to administer the treatment.
EMTALA applies to "participating hospitals." The statute defines "participating hospitals" as those that accept payment from the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) under the Medicare program. However, in practical terms, EMTALA applies to virtually all hospitals in the U.S., with the exception of the Shriners Hospitals for Children, Indian Health Service hospitals, and Veterans Affairs hospitals. The combined payments of Medicare and Medicaid, $602 billion in 2004, or roughly 44% of all medical expenditures in the U.S., make not participating in EMTALA impractical for nearly all hospitals. EMTALA's provisions apply to all patients, and not just to Medicare patients.
The unelected group that will decide what constitutes medical treatment, stands to stifle inovation.
The group that will decide what treatments will be covered, i.e. allowed.
Sec 3403 (e) (5)"LIMITATION ON REVIEW.—There shall be no administrative or judicial review under section 1869, section 1878, or otherwise of the implementation by the Secretary under this subsection of the recommendations contained in a proposal." Has an unelected board producing legislation. With not oversight by anyone.
This kind of stuff runs through the whole thing.
7. Will the health reform law require all businesses, even the smallest ones, to provide health insurance for their employees? No, the law will not do this. You answered "Yes, the law will do this."
"No. The law does not require employers to provide health benefits. However, it does impose penalties, in some cases, on larger employers (those with 50 or more workers) that do not provide insurance to their workers or that provide coverage that is unaffordable."
Now, I don't really agree with the way they score that question. In my mind, if you say you don't require someone to do something, but then penalize them for not doing it, then you are requiring that they do it.
Apparently I scored 77% better than the average American so I can live with that I guess.
"It is amazing that people who think we cannot afford to pay for doctors, hospitals, and medication somehow think that we can afford to pay for doctors, hospitals, medication and a government bureaucracy to administer it." ~ Thomas Sowell
#3. "The law reduces payments to the privately administered Medicare Advantage plans, but they will still be required to provide all benefits that are covered by traditional Medicare." -- Isn't this like Pharaoh saying, "I will no longer give you straw, but you will produce just as many bricks as before"?
#10, "Undocumented immigrants are not eligible to receive financial help from the government to buy health insurance, nor are they eligible for Medicaid or to purchase insurance with their own money in the new Exchanges." -- But we can't ask them if they are undocumented.
Undocumented immigrants would need to apply for Medicaid or if they purchase insurance in the exchanges. That would mean they would need a social security number, etc.
Small businesses, employing less than 50 people do not have to provide coverage, but those employees, who make more than 400% of povertly wages, will be "taxed" if they don't have health insurance - all others will be qualified for the "new" Madicaid (so yes, that is a "new" government healthcare plan.
Now...who can opt out of this plan?
-Muslims & other religious denominations that oppose it.
-Undocumented immigrants (yet they will still receive medical care)
-Those who are incarcerated.
-Members of Indian tribes.
-Those making less than $9,350 annually
-Of if you have to pay more than 8% of your income for health insurance - after taking into account any employer contribution.
If workers can't get coverage from their employers, they will be able to purchase a plan on the insurance exchanges. If they make over 400 percent of the poverty level, they will not get a subsidy, but, I believe the companies on the exchanges will be affordable. All insurance companies will have to spend at least eighty percent of premiums on medical care. On the exchanges, you'll get a choice of plans -- bronze, gold, silver, or platinum. And the plans will be limited in the maximum out of pocket of $5950 for individuals and $11,900 for families. That's something that's affordable for someone making over 400 percent of the poverty level.
On the so-called "new" Medicaid -- Medicaid will be expanded to cover people earning 133 percent of the poverty level or less, but the Supreme Court ruled that that is up to the states to decide to do it or not.
Medicaid, by the way, is not a new government healthcare plan. It's been around for a long time.
The Republicans didn't want undocumented workers to be able to covered under the ACA, so they won't be allowed to purchase a plan on the exchanges. Undocumented immigra...
If workers can't get coverage from their employers, they will be able to purchase a plan on the insurance exchanges. If they make over 400 percent of the poverty level, they will not get a subsidy, but, I believe the companies on the exchanges will be affordable. All insurance companies will have to spend at least eighty percent of premiums on medical care. On the exchanges, you'll get a choice of plans -- bronze, gold, silver, or platinum. And the plans will be limited in the maximum out of pocket of $5950 for individuals and $11,900 for families. That's something that's affordable for someone making over 400 percent of the poverty level.
On the so-called "new" Medicaid -- Medicaid will be expanded to cover people earning 133 percent of the poverty level or less, but the Supreme Court ruled that that is up to the states to decide to do it or not.
Medicaid, by the way, is not a new government healthcare plan. It's been around for a long time.
The Republicans didn't want undocumented workers to be able to covered under the ACA, so they won't be allowed to purchase a plan on the exchanges. Undocumented immigrants are not eligible to receive financial help from the government to buy health insurance, nor are they eligible for Medicaid or to purchase insurance with their own money in the new Exchanges.
Muslims are not exempt.
Read this article from Forbes Magazine.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/b...
A new health care delivery system that rewards doctors and hospitals for working together to improve quality is surpassing early goals in the Medicare health insurance program for the elderly.
The Obama administration said today that the voluntary program has attracted 89 new groups of medical care providers known as Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs), an umbrella that links medical care providers to improve quality.
Medicaid is not new, it is going to be totally re-vamped - like new.
And Medicare, that tens of millions have a been paying into for years/decades, $500 BILLION will be sotlen from that "account" to help cover the cost of the "133% poverty groupl. Now, what do you suppose happens to the 134-400% poverty level earners?