All you lovers of obamycare.

[froggy]

How much in favor of Obama law would you be if the subsidies ended?

 

[Arianrhod]

How much in favor of Obama law would you be if the subsidies ended?

How would it be the same law if it wasn't the same law?

 

[Greenbeard]

I'd still be pretty in favor of it. But I'm a big fan of the parts that make our hospitals safer and our care better.

New milestones in that effort all the time!

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced Thursday it reached its goal of tying 30 percent of Medicare payments to value, instead of volume, with 10 months left in 2016.

“There were many who doubted whether we could reach the goal and certainly the exact timeline,” said Dr. Patrick Conway, chief medical officer for CMS. “We even, internally, questioned whether we could reach the goal or not.”

Within Medicare, $117 billion is now spent on value-based payments — up from “virtually zero” dollars in 2011, Conway said.

The 30 percent commitment, which was laid out last year, marks the most dramatic shift in Medicare payments in the program’s 50-year history. It’s also the first time the Obama administration — or any administration — has set a target on value-based payments.

Instead of simply paying doctors for services, CMS now encourages public and private sector healthcare providers to base their payments on quality measures, such as patient outcome and access to care.

But it would be a bummer to stop helping folks afford access to care, no doubt.

 

[Sun Devil 92]

I'd still be pretty in favor of it. But I'm a big fan of the parts that make our hospitals safer and our care better.

New milestones in that effort all the time!

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced Thursday it reached its goal of tying 30 percent of Medicare payments to value, instead of volume, with 10 months left in 2016.

“There were many who doubted whether we could reach the goal and certainly the exact timeline,” said Dr. Patrick Conway, chief medical officer for CMS. “We even, internally, questioned whether we could reach the goal or not.”

Within Medicare, $117 billion is now spent on value-based payments — up from “virtually zero” dollars in 2011, Conway said.

The 30 percent commitment, which was laid out last year, marks the most dramatic shift in Medicare payments in the program’s 50-year history. It’s also the first time the Obama administration — or any administration — has set a target on value-based payments.

Instead of simply paying doctors for services, CMS now encourages public and private sector healthcare providers to base their payments on quality measures, such as patient outcome and access to care.

But it would be a bummer to stop helping folks afford access to care, no doubt.

Our costs are still the same.

You keep yammering about these savings......

If our net outlays are the same....then it's just a shell game.

And you never address the fact that many people are paying a hell of a lot more for what amounts to catstrophic plans.

 

[Luddly Neddite]

 

[Luddly Neddite]

We need to change our priorities.

 

[Sun Devil 92]

We need to change our priorities.

You'll get no argument there.

 

[Sun Devil 92]

I'd still be pretty in favor of it. But I'm a big fan of the parts that make our hospitals safer and our care better.

New milestones in that effort all the time!

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced Thursday it reached its goal of tying 30 percent of Medicare payments to value, instead of volume, with 10 months left in 2016.

“There were many who doubted whether we could reach the goal and certainly the exact timeline,” said Dr. Patrick Conway, chief medical officer for CMS. “We even, internally, questioned whether we could reach the goal or not.”

Within Medicare, $117 billion is now spent on value-based payments — up from “virtually zero” dollars in 2011, Conway said.

The 30 percent commitment, which was laid out last year, marks the most dramatic shift in Medicare payments in the program’s 50-year history. It’s also the first time the Obama administration — or any administration — has set a target on value-based payments.

Instead of simply paying doctors for services, CMS now encourages public and private sector healthcare providers to base their payments on quality measures, such as patient outcome and access to care.

But it would be a bummer to stop helping folks afford access to care, no doubt.

Greenbeard constantly talks about all these savings.

How come we are spending as much today as we were three years ago ?

 

[Arianrhod]

I'd still be pretty in favor of it. But I'm a big fan of the parts that make our hospitals safer and our care better.

New milestones in that effort all the time!

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced Thursday it reached its goal of tying 30 percent of Medicare payments to value, instead of volume, with 10 months left in 2016.

“There were many who doubted whether we could reach the goal and certainly the exact timeline,” said Dr. Patrick Conway, chief medical officer for CMS. “We even, internally, questioned whether we could reach the goal or not.”

Within Medicare, $117 billion is now spent on value-based payments — up from “virtually zero” dollars in 2011, Conway said.

The 30 percent commitment, which was laid out last year, marks the most dramatic shift in Medicare payments in the program’s 50-year history. It’s also the first time the Obama administration — or any administration — has set a target on value-based payments.

Instead of simply paying doctors for services, CMS now encourages public and private sector healthcare providers to base their payments on quality measures, such as patient outcome and access to care.

But it would be a bummer to stop helping folks afford access to care, no doubt.

Greenbeard constantly talks about all these savings.

How come we are spending as much today as we were three years ago ?

Who's "we"? The guy who's bumped every old thread in this forum, or the adults who haven't seen any increase in our tax burden?

 

[Sun Devil 92]

How much in favor of Obama law would you be if the subsidies ended?

Subsidies make the law meaningful to those who really need insurance.

It's just unfortunate that we have to subsidize such low value, stupidly expensive insurance.

 

[Arianrhod]

How much in favor of Obama law would you be if the subsidies ended?

Subsidies make the law meaningful to those who really need insurance.

It's just unfortunate that we have to subsidize such low value, stupidly expensive insurance.

It's too bad you don't have an alternate solution. Because you've had almost three years to present one, which puts you ahead of the GOP Congresscritters, but not by much.

 

[Sun Devil 92]

We need to change our priorities.

To what ?

 

[janet88]

Obamacare still useful for me. love Obama

 

[Sun Devil 92]

Obamacare still useful for me. love Obama

Which means someone else is finding beyond useless.

 

[froggy]

how well did you take care of your Health over the years did you drink, smoke, overeat how about it

 

[Arianrhod]

how well did you take care of your Health over the years did you drink, smoke, overeat how about it

Sounds like a beginning for a new thread, but don't expect everyone to give honest answers.

 

[Sun Devil 92]

How much in favor of Obama law would you be if the subsidies ended?

Did you ever get a good answer....?

 

[froggy]

Apperently some do not wish to admit they're bad habit may have caused their insurance problem

 

[froggy]

No not yet. Lol

 

[Arianrhod]

Apperently some do not wish to admit they're bad habit may have caused their insurance problem

Spelling and grammatical errors can make legal documents such as insurance applications easy to misinterpret, which is why so many of those challenged by English as a First Language go through insurance brokers and get ripped off.