The Medicare cuts start 4/1/2025

[Harry Dresden]

The OP is 100% correct. This is the first step in cutting Medicare and doing away with full Medicare and putting all of us in advantage plans. After that, Social Security is on the chopping block. Can anyone say privatization. The MAGA sheep are just too enamored of Trump to give a damn out the truth. That is what sheep do.

what pasture are you in?....

 

[struth]

YOu guys ready?

First to go is telehealth visits.

I'm not sure how that's gonna save money. I mean sure, they can cut the program but those people still need care, so they will need facilities to handle more in person visits. I can't see that being cheaper than telehealth visits.

Anyway, you can be sure this is just the opening salvo.

MSN

another billion saved by Trump! winning

 

[JLW]

what pasture are you in?....

Read Project 2025, Trumper. Also, you may want to read what those around Trump have written about Medicare, SS and Medicaid. Oh, I forgot, you believe everything Trump tells you. That is what good sheep do.

 

[NetJedi]

"We beat Medicare" -- Joe Biden
"Yeah he beat it to death" -- Donald Trump

 

[Cassandro]

putting all of us in advantage plans.

What is wrong with advantage plans?

 

[Lesh]

People will live without telephone health care.

What is the lifesaving illnesses you think a phone call cures

How ******* stupid ARE you?

 

[Lesh]

person: "I have a medical issue."
telehealth: "See your healthcare provider".

Bullshit liar

 

[NetJedi]

what can it cost to talk to a doctor on your computer?....

The same as it costs to talk to a doctor in person, time is time.

 

[Lesh]

The same as it costs to talk to a doctor in person, time is time.

Bullshit

https://www.goodrx.com/healthcare-access/telehealth/how-much-does-telehealth-cost

 

[ThisIsMe]

Understandable.

I posted the requirements from - you know - the actual Medicare/Teleheath website.

Try going by that.

WW

You posted the requirements for telehealth, but those don't mention what is to be cut.

 

[NetJedi]

Bullshit

Oh yeah that's right, I forgot about the Internet Time Dilation effect, whereby a doctor's time on the Internet passes slower than his time while in the office.

 

[WEATHER53]

The fairies are faking fear again

 

[NetJedi]

The fairies are faking fear again

Naw, these jokers are all faking empathy, they don't really give a damn about anybody Else, the fear is real because it's finally dawned on them that the majority has finally figured that out.

It's virtue signaling without the virtue.

 

[Harry Dresden]

Read Project 2025, Trumper. Also, you may want to read what those around Trump have written about Medicare, SS and Medicaid. Oh, I forgot, you believe everything Trump tells you. That is what good sheep do.

you didnt answer my question....how come?...

 

[Harry Dresden]

The same as it costs to talk to a doctor in person, time is time.

so it doesnt cost anymore than a physical office visit?...so why cut it?...

 

[WorldWatcher]

You posted the requirements for telehealth, but those don't mention what is to be cut.

Correct.

I posted from the Medicare/Teleheath site what is retained (only 4 things).

All other utilization of telehealth ends, that means that current telehealth coverage outside those specifics is cut.

WW

 

[ThisIsMe]

Correct.

I posted from the Medicare/Teleheath site what is retained (only 4 things).

All other utilization of telehealth ends, that means that current telehealth coverage outside those specifics is cut.

WW

Correct, so it's going back to pre covid functionality

 

[NetJedi]

so it doesnt cost anymore than a physical office visit?...so why cut it?...

Telehealth = convenience for the consumer, convenience leads to overconsumption, it's a large part of the reason Amazon is so wildly successful selling consumers stuff they don't really need. Telehealth doesn't reduce the cost of or expand health care supply, health insurance has already detached the consumer from the actual costs, we don't need mechanisms to expand that state of affairs.

Increased demand against static supply = higher price.

Of course, that dynamic changes somewhat when we can actually start replacing doctors with AI models.

 

[WorldWatcher]

Correct, so it's going back to pre covid functionality

Correct. The telehealth access that has existed for about 5 years is being cut.

WW

 

[WorldWatcher]

Telehealth = convenience for the consumer, convenience leads to overconsumption, it's a large part of the reason Amazon is so wildly successful selling consumers stuff they don't really need. Telehealth doesn't reduce the cost of or expand health care supply, health insurance has already detached the consumer from the actual costs, we don't need mechanisms to expand that state of affairs.

Increased demand against static supply = higher price.

Of course, that dynamic changes somewhat when we can actually start replacing doctors with AI models.

I know right.

Why catch, diagnose, and treat illnesses earlier when we can just make access to medical care harder.

BTW - how much does early detection and treatment factor into long term expense?

WW