After SPIN! Video: Where does Medicaid reform stand?
Published May 24, 2017
After SPIN! "Question to Leo and Rufus - In 2015 North Carolina set in motion Medicaid reform measures that transform our 14 billion dollar program from fee for services to a managed care model. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Mandy Cohen launched a statewide tour to solicit opinions from local government officials, doctors and hospitals and from patients and early results indicate she is getting an earful. Given all the uncertainty in Congress where does Medicaid reform stand?"
May 24, 2017 at 11:46 pm
Tom Hauck says:
Hello,
Here are two links regarding wasted costs of health care. I, and I believe many of your readers, would appreciate your investigation of the wasted money.
We constantly read of the high cost of healthcare insurance and that healthcare costs are about 18% of the national economy but all the current discussions are about how to split up or rearrange who is to pay the current costs rather than reduce them -- like rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.
Kindly review the following two items which show how to save about $750 billion (with a b) each year and enjoy better health outcomes.
I have given you all the details in case you do not or cannot open links. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/04/health/policy/parting-shot-at-waste-by-key-obama-health-official.html
The link is http://www8.nationalacademies.org/onpinews/newsitem.aspx?RecordID=13444 ;
Thank you for your investigation into all the waste -- 30% or $750 billion is a lot of money.
