Happy Anniversary!

[eman623]

13 years of doctors not being able to own hospitals. Thanks PPACA! Thanks Obama!

 

[Luce]

So, a youtube video from some rando with no commentary.

*yawn*

Naw.

 

[SenorXm/Sirius]

Yeah... Huh? The guy with the crown or whatever he has on his head... He's believable... Lol

 

[Luce]

Yeah... Huh? The guy with the crown or whatever he has on his head... He's believable... Lol

Obviously a serious attempt at journalism.

 

[eman623]

Obviously a serious attempt at journalism.

Yeah... Huh? The guy with the crown or whatever he has on his head... He's believable... Lol

So, a youtube video from some rando with no commentary.

*yawn*

Naw.

Sure, shoot the messenger. Maybe this guy can stay at one of those insurance company owned hospital conglomerates to recover.

Here's an article with the same info from the president of the AMA.

End restrictions on physician-owned hospitals to expand quality care

We can offer patients greater choice and create new opportunities for high-quality care by removing barriers to physician-owned hospitals.

www.ama-assn.org

 

[Luce]

Sure, shoot the messenger.

Sure, if there's no message. If you can't be arsed to comment on a video, why on Earth do you think we'd be arsed to watch it?

 

[SNOWFLAKE]

What's the whining about now?

 

[eman623]

Sure, if there's no message. If you can't be arsed to comment on a video, why on Earth do you think we'd be arsed to watch it?

There's a message in post 5 now.

 

[eman623]

What's the whining about now?

The "whine" is about how Obamacare placed restrictions on doctors owning hospitals.

The result has been more hospitals owned by insurance companies and such, and concentrated into conglomerates creating monopolies that jack up the costs and reduce the level of patient care.

 

[SNOWFLAKE]

The "whine" is about how Obamacare placed restrictions on doctors owning hospitals.

The result has been more hospitals owned by insurance companies and such, and concentrated into conglomerates creating monopolies that jack up the costs and reduce the level of patient care.

So?
Maybe try something else:

A stark contract between American and Canadian health care

A Canadian could always see a doctor. They could go a to any walk-in clinic if they had trouble finding a family physician. They might have to wait a few days or weeks for an appointment if they had a family doctor, but lack of insurance would not prevent them from seeing one.

www.kevinmd.com

Whining doesn't offer a solution, just sayin'

 

[Grand Mal]

The "whine" is about how Obamacare placed restrictions on doctors owning hospitals.

The result has been more hospitals owned by insurance companies and such, and concentrated into conglomerates creating monopolies that jack up the costs and reduce the level of patient care.

Jack up the costs? You sure?
Say a hospital is given to a group of doctors by the insurance company that owns it. Now the doctors have to buy their insurance (an enormous part of the cost of health care) from the insurance company that gave it to them.
Doesn't it seem to you like taking the cost of insurance out of the equation would reduce the cost of hospital treatment?
After all, some surgeons in the US have to earn hundreds of thousands to cover their malpractice insurance, before they pay staff and rent and put anything in their pockets.

Brain surgeons avoid brain surgery because of insurance costs - PMC

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

"Neurosurgeons in the United States are facing annual insurance bills of up to $300 000 (£190 000; €306 000) a year."

 

[SNOWFLAKE]

Jack up the costs? You sure?
Say a hospital is given to a group of doctors by the insurance company that owns it. Now the doctors have to buy their insurance (an enormous part of the cost of health care) from the insurance company that gave it to them.
Doesn't it seem to you like taking the cost of insurance out of the equation would reduce the cost of hospital treatment?
After all, some surgeons in the US have to earn hundreds of thousands to cover their malpractice insurance, before they pay staff and rent and put anything in their pockets.

Could this thread be less about healthcare and more an opportunity to take a dig at Obama?

13 years of doctors not being able to own hospitals. Thanks PPACA! Thanks Obama!

My answer to the OP was simple:

Whining doesn't offer a solution, just sayin'

 

[Grand Mal]

13 years of doctors not being able to own hospitals. Thanks PPACA! Thanks Obama!

Where was your Dear Leader on this issue?
Oh, yeah, exactly where he was on every other issue- it only matters when it's up to someone else to do something.