“Change Healthcare found CT scans varied 796 percent from $307 to $2,747 per scan, with an average cost of more than $1,200″”
What could possibly be the justification of such a large variance in prices? If its the same CT scan machine and the same procedure, why charge people differently?
By just eliminating price inconsistencies and removing all of the perverse incentives abound, we would have a much better functioning health care system.
“Employers Eye Moving Sickest Workers To Insurance Exchanges”
Is that not a form of discrimination of pre-existing conditions? How would you move high risk people out of employer insurance without ruffling a few feathers.
Seriously people, get vaccinated and avoid risky behaviors. No reason that nearly eliminated diseases should be given the chance to come back in full force.
Kind of happened before BO Care, if the employer uses carve out and the employee is on dialysis, then that insurance is effectively worthless. Fortunately, in my state ESRD makes you automatically disabled and eligible for medicaid to pick-up the thrice weekly medicare copays. If it wasn’t for the blood cell stimulator, then dialysis wouldn’t be that devastating financially.
“Change Healthcare found CT scans varied 796 percent from $307 to $2,747 per scan, with an average cost of more than $1,200″”
What could possibly be the justification of such a large variance in prices? If its the same CT scan machine and the same procedure, why charge people differently?
Price inconsistencies are a major flaw in our health care system. Price consistencies would cause it to function much smoother.
By just eliminating price inconsistencies and removing all of the perverse incentives abound, we would have a much better functioning health care system.
“Employers Eye Moving Sickest Workers To Insurance Exchanges”
Is that not a form of discrimination of pre-existing conditions? How would you move high risk people out of employer insurance without ruffling a few feathers.
Well I guess the pre existing conditions exclusionary practices are for insurers only.
This will be just the first step to eliminating any sort of employer mandate and have everyone on the government exchanges.
“Syphilis is making a comeback.”
Gosh polio and measles are making a comeback and now syphilis too. What’s next the bubonic plague?
Seriously people, get vaccinated and avoid risky behaviors. No reason that nearly eliminated diseases should be given the chance to come back in full force.
The burning sensation is back.
“By 2023, ObamaCare’s health insurance tax will cost 152,000 to 286,000 private-sector jobs and reduce output by $20 to $30 billion”
And how can we continue to justify ObamaCare?
Note on moving workers to the exchanges:
If we still had employer penalties, and if an employer paid less than 60% of plan premiusm, and if there were more than 50 employees………
then an employer who forced a worker onto the exchanges would pay a penalty of $3000 if the worker received tax credits.
Of course, forcing out a hemophiliac would be well worth $3,000 in savings on company insurance for everyone else!!
Note to Buddy:
There are about 140 million jobs in America today.
Even if all 286,000 jobs were lost immediately, which they won’t be, that would be about 2 tenths of one per cent.
Actually the damage of the ACA may be larger than this.
I just found this particular post by NFIB rather weak.
Kind of happened before BO Care, if the employer uses carve out and the employee is on dialysis, then that insurance is effectively worthless. Fortunately, in my state ESRD makes you automatically disabled and eligible for medicaid to pick-up the thrice weekly medicare copays. If it wasn’t for the blood cell stimulator, then dialysis wouldn’t be that devastating financially.
The last one is super shocking, but I am curious about the maths behind the conclusion.