Showing posts with label romney. Show all posts
Showing posts with label romney. Show all posts
Saturday, November 3, 2012
Saturday, October 20, 2012
The Federal Coordinating Council was ended by the Affordable Care Act
NOTICE:
The Federal Coordinating Council was ended by the Affordable Care Act.
Continue to read but the council was terminated by the ACA.
The 15 member Council, named today in accordance with a Congressionally-mandate timeline, will assist the agencies of the Federal government, including HHS and the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Defense, as well as others, to coordinate comparative effectiveness and related health services research. The Recovery Act authorized $300 million for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, $400 million for the National Institutes of Health, and $400 million for the Secretary of Health and Human Services to support comparative effectiveness research.
Continue to read but the council was terminated by the ACA.
The Council will not recommend clinical guidelines for payment, coverage or treatment. The Council will consider the needs of populations served by federal programs and opportunities to build and expand on current investments and priorities. It will also provide input on priorities for the $400 million fund in the Recovery Act that the Secretary will allocate to advance this type of research. Council members represent a diverse set of individuals and agencies; most of its members are clinicians. Representatives on the Council will address the impact on subpopulations.
NOTICE: The Federal Coordinating Council was ended by the Affordable Care Act.
Source: hhs.gov/recovery/programs/os/cerbios.html
Continue to read but the council was terminated by the ACA.
The 15 member Council, named today in accordance with a Congressionally-mandate timeline, will assist the agencies of the Federal government, including HHS and the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Defense, as well as others, to coordinate comparative effectiveness and related health services research. The Recovery Act authorized $300 million for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, $400 million for the National Institutes of Health, and $400 million for the Secretary of Health and Human Services to support comparative effectiveness research.Continue to read but the council was terminated by the ACA.
The Council will not recommend clinical guidelines for payment, coverage or treatment. The Council will consider the needs of populations served by federal programs and opportunities to build and expand on current investments and priorities. It will also provide input on priorities for the $400 million fund in the Recovery Act that the Secretary will allocate to advance this type of research. Council members represent a diverse set of individuals and agencies; most of its members are clinicians. Representatives on the Council will address the impact on subpopulations.
NOTICE: The Federal Coordinating Council was ended by the Affordable Care Act.
Source: hhs.gov/recovery/programs/os/cerbios.html
Friday, October 19, 2012
$716 Billion Cut to Medicare meant to reduce Profits
As the Medicare political battle continues it's Seniors and People with Disabilities who are the pawns. Paul Ryan maintained that the changes [by ObamaCare] will force one of every six hospitals
and nursing homes to go out of business and end Medicare Advantage — an
option that allows the elderly to buy coverage from private insurers —
for 4 million seniors.
The biggest and most contentious Medicare cuts total $415 billion. They come in the form of smaller annual increases in federal payments to hospitals, skilled nursing services and others providing goods and services to Medicare’s 50 million beneficiaries.
It's meant to keep private insurance from making excessive profits from Federal monies. Experts are divided on what difference the cuts will make, in part because they will only slowly be phased in over the next decade. It’s also just hard to know when the government is paying providers too much, said Joe Antos, a health-care economist at the American Enterprise Institute. “If we’re paying somebody too much, they don’t tell us,” Antos said. “I know, shocking.”
We need a system to determine the average cost of a particular procedure. Today we have no idea. Here in Tampa, FL, if you ask the local hospitals the price for an appendicitis each hospital gives you a different price range. None are willing to disclose their fees. This has to end!
Source:
canadafreepress.com
hhs.gov/recovery/programs/os/cerbios.html
go.bloomberg.com/p
The biggest and most contentious Medicare cuts total $415 billion. They come in the form of smaller annual increases in federal payments to hospitals, skilled nursing services and others providing goods and services to Medicare’s 50 million beneficiaries.
It's meant to keep private insurance from making excessive profits from Federal monies. Experts are divided on what difference the cuts will make, in part because they will only slowly be phased in over the next decade. It’s also just hard to know when the government is paying providers too much, said Joe Antos, a health-care economist at the American Enterprise Institute. “If we’re paying somebody too much, they don’t tell us,” Antos said. “I know, shocking.”
We need a system to determine the average cost of a particular procedure. Today we have no idea. Here in Tampa, FL, if you ask the local hospitals the price for an appendicitis each hospital gives you a different price range. None are willing to disclose their fees. This has to end!
Source:
canadafreepress.com
hhs.gov/recovery/programs/os/cerbios.html
go.bloomberg.com/p
Sunday, September 23, 2012
Sunday, September 16, 2012
Brutal Riots for Freedom - Religous Intolarance - Have we learned anything?
As we watch the Middle East fall apart. We should remember the brutality we've caused to so many of our citizens in fighting for freedom.
Peter, a man who was enslaved in Baton Rouge
Louisiana, whose scars are a result of a whipping by his
overseer, who was subsequently discharged by Peter's owner.
(Photo on file with U.S. National Archives and Records) A favorite form of dealing with Negroes was public lynching. The practice of
killing people by extrajudicial mob
action, occurred in the United States chiefly from the late 18th century
through the 1960s. Lynchings took place most frequently in the Southern United States from 1890 to the 1920s, with a peak in the annual toll in 1892.
Riots destroying black civilian home similar to the riots in Egypt and the rest of the Muslim Middle East.Birmingham, Alabama, would see some of the worst violence.
Just before launching to a group of his closest aids: "I have to tell you that in my judgment, some people sitting in this room today will not come back alive from this campaign."Thousands of school children took part in the marches and demonstrations in this bastion of white supremacy. But the state police showed little mercy. "So long as I'm po-leece commissioner in Birmingham, the niggers and the white folks ain't gon' segregate together in this man's town" declared police chief, Bull Conner.
America's True History of Religious Tolerance
The idea that the United States has always been a bastion of religious freedom is reassuring—and utterly at odds with the historical record. From the earliest arrival of Europeans on
America’s shores, religion has
often been a cudgel, used to discriminate, suppress and even kill the
foreign, the “heretic” and the “unbeliever”—including the “heathen”
natives already here. Moreover, while it is true that the vast majority
of early-generation Americans were Christian, the pitched battles
between various Protestant sects and, more explosively, between
Protestants and Catholics, present an unavoidable contradiction to the
widely held notion that America is a “Christian nation.”
Peter, a man who was enslaved in Baton Rouge
Louisiana, whose scars are a result of a whipping by his overseer, who was subsequently discharged by Peter's owner.
(Photo on file with U.S. National Archives and Records) A favorite form of dealing with Negroes was public lynching. The practice of
killing people by extrajudicial mob
action, occurred in the United States chiefly from the late 18th century
through the 1960s. Lynchings took place most frequently in the Southern United States from 1890 to the 1920s, with a peak in the annual toll in 1892. 
Riots destroying black civilian home similar to the riots in Egypt and the rest of the Muslim Middle East.Birmingham, Alabama, would see some of the worst violence. Just before launching to a group of his closest aids: "I have to tell you that in my judgment, some people sitting in this room today will not come back alive from this campaign."Thousands of school children took part in the marches and demonstrations in this bastion of white supremacy. But the state police showed little mercy. "So long as I'm po-leece commissioner in Birmingham, the niggers and the white folks ain't gon' segregate together in this man's town" declared police chief, Bull Conner.
America's True History of Religious Tolerance
The idea that the United States has always been a bastion of religious freedom is reassuring—and utterly at odds with the historical record. From the earliest arrival of Europeans on
America’s shores, religion has
often been a cudgel, used to discriminate, suppress and even kill the
foreign, the “heretic” and the “unbeliever”—including the “heathen”
natives already here. Moreover, while it is true that the vast majority
of early-generation Americans were Christian, the pitched battles
between various Protestant sects and, more explosively, between
Protestants and Catholics, present an unavoidable contradiction to the
widely held notion that America is a “Christian nation.” Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Rick Scott is a threat to Children and Seniors
Late last night I received a phone call from my Aunt. She was crying and in a panic. It took her a few minutes but she did compose herself. She then began reading a letter she received from Medicaid.
Dear Medicaid Recipient:
The 2012 Florida Legislature made some changes in the law impacting Medicaid. Starting August 1, 2012....
Governor Rick Scott (R-FL) was the first governor to announce that he would not accept approximately $1.9 billion dollars in Medicaid funds allocated to Florida by the Affordable Care Act. He's acted against the safety and well-being of the people of Florida at the expense of more-of-the same politics.
Not to throw more gas to a fire but to make matters worse, there's the looming sequester (over the cliff) at the beginning of 2013. "If this were to happen physicians would see a 2% cut in reimbursements," said Jared Bernstein, former chief economist & economic adviser to Vice President, Joe Biden. What we need is "enough grownups in the room to avoid a self-inflected wound.." The same self-inflicted wound Scott could prevent instead he says, "The real problem with health care is that costs continue to rise." Yes, healthcare costs are rising but so are defense cost. "It has doubled from 2001-2009," said Bernstein.
Apparently defense spending or increased fees to military retirees are a non-issue for Scott. Why? Those increases are paid by the Fed. So when military retirees face increased fees to their Tri-Care healthcare insurance, Scott smiles because it's "hidden" fed dollars.
Scott doesn't know how to govern he has become a threat to the lives of millions of children, seniors and the medically needy.
by Mauricio Rosas
source:
http://www.policymic.com
Wilson Center, National Press Conference 9/10/12
Dear Medicaid Recipient:
The 2012 Florida Legislature made some changes in the law impacting Medicaid. Starting August 1, 2012....
- Home health visits will be changing from four visits per day to no more than three day....
- Office visits for some services will be limited to two per month. This limitation is for general visits to your physician....the type of visit that will be limited id for primary care visits.
- Hospital emergency room visits will be limited to six per fiscal year.........
Governor Rick Scott (R-FL) was the first governor to announce that he would not accept approximately $1.9 billion dollars in Medicaid funds allocated to Florida by the Affordable Care Act. He's acted against the safety and well-being of the people of Florida at the expense of more-of-the same politics.
Not to throw more gas to a fire but to make matters worse, there's the looming sequester (over the cliff) at the beginning of 2013. "If this were to happen physicians would see a 2% cut in reimbursements," said Jared Bernstein, former chief economist & economic adviser to Vice President, Joe Biden. What we need is "enough grownups in the room to avoid a self-inflected wound.." The same self-inflicted wound Scott could prevent instead he says, "The real problem with health care is that costs continue to rise." Yes, healthcare costs are rising but so are defense cost. "It has doubled from 2001-2009," said Bernstein.Apparently defense spending or increased fees to military retirees are a non-issue for Scott. Why? Those increases are paid by the Fed. So when military retirees face increased fees to their Tri-Care healthcare insurance, Scott smiles because it's "hidden" fed dollars.
Scott doesn't know how to govern he has become a threat to the lives of millions of children, seniors and the medically needy.
by Mauricio Rosas
source:
http://www.policymic.com
Wilson Center, National Press Conference 9/10/12
Sunday, August 19, 2012
Mitt says, "No Change to Medicare." Not True
A recent poll conducted by Kaiser Family Foundation and The Washington Post as the GOP
When it comes to Medicare it finds that among Republicans a
majority (55%) prefer the idea of keeping Medicare as it is rather than
changing to a system in which seniors are guaranteed a fixed amount of
money that could be used to purchase coverage "either from traditional
Medicare or from a list of private plans." Both Romney and Ryan have
proposed converting Medicare into a premium support program, with the
House Republican budget plan spearheaded by Ryan calling for such a
change to begin in 2023.
Romney has not spelled out full details of his Medicare plan. But if it is based upon Ryan's, the budget office says it would rein in Medicare spending more forcefully than Obama has.*
So if using Ryann's plan, will wheelchair scooters still be paid by Medicare?
Mauricio
Source:
Kaiser Health Tracking Poll: August 2012
*http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/16
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prepares for its national convention, finds
that the Affordable Care Act is not the top health care priority among
Republicans.
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When it comes to Medicare it finds that among Republicans a
majority (55%) prefer the idea of keeping Medicare as it is rather than
changing to a system in which seniors are guaranteed a fixed amount of
money that could be used to purchase coverage "either from traditional
Medicare or from a list of private plans." Both Romney and Ryan have
proposed converting Medicare into a premium support program, with the
House Republican budget plan spearheaded by Ryan calling for such a
change to begin in 2023.Romney has not spelled out full details of his Medicare plan. But if it is based upon Ryan's, the budget office says it would rein in Medicare spending more forcefully than Obama has.*
So if using Ryann's plan, will wheelchair scooters still be paid by Medicare?
Mauricio
Source:
Kaiser Health Tracking Poll: August 2012
*http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/16
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