healthmyths
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So fu...king WHAT!!!
Unlike Obama Reagan was NOT a god, was human and did things like Sign EMTALA!
And if he hadn't signed we wouldn't be having this stupid Obamacare!
What always happens is the LAW of Unintended Consequences!
Trying to be all things to everyone the Federal Govt. thought this would be a good idea!
Reagan was wrong to sign EMTALA into law and because of it we have hospitals BILLING Medicare 6,000% more then their costs.
For example in In 2009 the University Community Hospital in Tampa sent Medicare 2,110 claims for CAT scan no contrast.
Each claim averaged: at $2,635 which is what was billed by the hospital to Medicare...
But the hospital's ACTUAL COSTS to perform the CAT SCAN was $43 a mark up 6,127.91%
All because Reagan signed in 1986 EMTALA!!!
Unlike Obama Reagan was NOT a god, was human and did things like Sign EMTALA!
And if he hadn't signed we wouldn't be having this stupid Obamacare!
What always happens is the LAW of Unintended Consequences!
Trying to be all things to everyone the Federal Govt. thought this would be a good idea!
Reagan was wrong to sign EMTALA into law and because of it we have hospitals BILLING Medicare 6,000% more then their costs.
For example in In 2009 the University Community Hospital in Tampa sent Medicare 2,110 claims for CAT scan no contrast.
Each claim averaged: at $2,635 which is what was billed by the hospital to Medicare...
But the hospital's ACTUAL COSTS to perform the CAT SCAN was $43 a mark up 6,127.91%
All because Reagan signed in 1986 EMTALA!!!
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