tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post5461353057040356341..comments2023-09-29T06:58:20.125-07:00Comments on Badtux the Snarky Penguin: Medicare is good, except it's badBadTuxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01345749557330760251noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post-51544097013491169462009-12-11T11:01:37.875-08:002009-12-11T11:01:37.875-08:00Right now Medicare Advantage providers are getting...<i>Right now Medicare Advantage providers are getting 10% more than Medicare Classic providers for any given procedure, the "cuts" bring them down to getting the same reimbursement as all other Medicare providers.</i><br /><br />I think you're wrong about this. I believe when the Medicare Advantage program was started, they were given a 12% increase above Medicare costs, not 10%. When Republicans were in power, this went to 14%.<br /><br />Nice to know that private health insurance is so much more efficient than Medicare, while simultaneously requiring a 14% premium to function. Another case of "IF A THEN Z" logic so often employed by the GOP.LFChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10723708514119454447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post-12713642021457031012009-12-10T18:49:32.921-08:002009-12-10T18:49:32.921-08:00The only plan that is right for us is the plan tha...The only plan that is right for us is the plan that the politicians are on, that we pay for. What's good enough for them should be good enough for us, anything else is bullshit.BBChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15323188240580782454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post-38330693762513657412009-12-10T14:40:19.207-08:002009-12-10T14:40:19.207-08:00The cuts are to the overcharges in the Medicare Ad...The cuts are to the overcharges in the Medicare Advantage and Part D Drug programs, which are costing billions of dollar. The cuts will then be applied to eliminating the donut hole in Part D. Right now Medicare Advantage providers are getting 10% more than Medicare Classic providers for any given procedure, the "cuts" bring them down to getting the same reimbursement as all other Medicare providers. And right now Part D drug providers can charge Medicare whatever they feel like charging Medicare for drugs, the "cuts" in Part D will allow Medicare to actually negotiate drug pricess with drug providers.<br /><br />So the "cuts" in Medicare that have the Republicans all up in arms aren't actually cuts in Medicare *SERVICES*, every service currently provided by Medicare will still be provided after the "cuts". However, corporate PROFITS will be cut, the horror, oh the horror, how DARE government come between a corporation and its ability to profit from government welfare programs!<br /><br />- Badtux the Snarky PenguinBadTuxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01345749557330760251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9612609.post-23188708345573899742009-12-10T14:32:54.326-08:002009-12-10T14:32:54.326-08:00Abundant stupidity. I presume that's where the...Abundant stupidity. I presume that's where the phrase "talking out of both sides of his mouth" comes from.<br />I did however hear that the Gov wanted to cut some of Medicare, but now they want more people on it ? Can they do both?<br /> a bewildered w3skiw3skihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13993709956954374919noreply@blogger.com