Government Penalizes Hospitals That Treat The Poor - And There Are More To Come

Last week, the Obama administration stated that it will fine over 2,600 hospitals because too Medicare patients treated at those hospitals end up back in the hospital within 30 days of going home.  Over 200,000 doctors have said they will no longer participate in the Affordable Care Act - Obamacare - because of high costs, low payouts, and Byzantine mazes of paperwork, so it seems bad to be driving hospitals away from the programs also - the ones affected primarily treat poor and minority patients. The administration added two new conditions in this round of penalties: elective hip and knee replacement and chronic lung disease.  read more

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