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Eric Semelroth's cartoon in the Nov. 5 issue of Modern Healthcare was the most succinct description of the presidential election I have seen.
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Regarding “Healthcare industry leaders react to Obama's re-election”: Great article on the comments from healthcare providers on the Obamacare program, now that Obama has been elected for a second term.
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Regarding “Modern Healthcare survey finds deep anger over ACA”: Finally, some honesty in the industry! This legislation is problematic to all providers who truly care about quality and access.
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Regarding “Healthcare industry leaders react to Obama's re-election”: It seems to me that—with the number and size of institutions at year 2000 levels, with increasing patient loads of some 16 million-plus new Medicaid patients, 4 million each year in new Medicare patients and...
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Regarding “CMS details Medicaid primary-care payments boost”: The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act specified that Medicaid would pay primary-care physicians at the same level as Medicare. So this is a first positive step. But it is clearly not sufficient.
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Regarding "Superstorm Sandy knocks out power at East Coast hospitals, prompting evacuations": I hope this isn't twisted into an argument against...
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Regarding “Bang without the buck?”: This sounds like a fiscally responsible plan to reduce costs, but has it passed the “federal test”?
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Regarding “Develop a culture of privacy, ONC's Pritts says”: I agree with the concept of a privacy culture in all medical facilities. I also believe that patients must also develop a culture of privacy.
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Regarding “Romney rallies clinician supporters in Congress”: If Mitt Romney is elected and successful in ending Obamacare, my hope is that this will eventually lead to a single-payer system, such as promoted by Physicians for a National Health Program.
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This is a very misleading article and very troubling if taken at face value. As Dr. Andy Sama points out, these ultra-utilizers have multiple chronic conditions and are indeed “sicker” than most emergency department users.
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