http://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2013/02/23/psst-speaker-carter-the-cbo-says-aca-reduces-debt Comments On: Psst, Speaker Carter: the CBO says ACA reduces debt by David Ramsey en-us Copyright 2013 Arkansas Times. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, Arkansas Times readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact Arkansas Times. robert@arktimes.com (Arkansas Times Webmaster) Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:01 -0500 Fri, 24 May 2013 18:15:00 -0500 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss

1. No insurance price they can take to bankruptcy court or soak the patient.
2. Insur price
3.Medicare price
4.Medicaid price
Posted by eLwood]]> Sat, 23 Feb 2013 17:15:54 -0600 Arkansas Times
You're thinking of the "doc fix." These are cuts to reimbursements for hospitals, as well as insurance companies (re: Medicare Advantage). While it's theoretically true that a future Congress could un-do some part of the law (on cost side or savings side), there's no "fix" coming for hospitals, who are already absorbing cuts in Medicare reimbursements. In fact, the thing that was supposed to offset the haircut for hospitals was...expansion. That was the deal.
Posted by David Ramsey]]> Sat, 23 Feb 2013 17:01:18 -0600 Arkansas Times http://healthland.time.com/2013/02/20/bitt…

TIME magazine's cover story titled "Bitter Pill." Whether or not you buy the whole story, you will learn that the right question to ask is why medical bills cost so much. Our whole argument is over who will pay for them instead of why they are so high. This leaves the over-charging medical industry laughing at all of us.

After reading it I still conclude that the Medicare expansion is a no-brainer "yes" vote. At least Medicare has the power to negotiate ridiculously overcharged bills down to a reasonable rate. We not only will get more Arkansans medical care - we will get them more care at a lower rate.
Posted by mag]]> Sat, 23 Feb 2013 16:46:57 -0600 Arkansas Times
Question- could Davy Carter by an old-fashioned Republican, you know the kind who didn't wince when science and facts were an integral part of public policy making? Or will he turn out to be nothing more than a smarter ReTHUGlicon than the dim bulbs like Bryan King, Nate Bell, Jason Rape, etc. Stay tuned.
Posted by Sound Policy]]> Sat, 23 Feb 2013 16:35:31 -0600 Arkansas Times
Are those the same Medicare reimbursement rate cuts that Congress has been overriding since 2002?
Posted by Gylippus]]> Sat, 23 Feb 2013 16:08:06 -0600 Arkansas Times
Republicans are autocrats. They never have to explain anything. In fact, it's in their interest to lie about it because there's rarely major media to call out their lies. In Ark, Repubs own all the major media.
Posted by eLwood]]> Sat, 23 Feb 2013 15:07:42 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by mrprincipal07]]> Sat, 23 Feb 2013 14:57:29 -0600 Arkansas Times
Our current health system has left the American citizenry in indentured servitude to the medical/pharmacological/insurance aristocracy, paying twice as much for half as much (the WHO rates us 21st in the world). Make us rich, they tell us, or we will let you and your children suffer and die.

Someone needs to tell Little Davy that it's not a question of what the federal government can afford.
Posted by Silverback66]]> Sat, 23 Feb 2013 14:45:39 -0600 Arkansas Times