States Continue to Cut Medicaid - Hospital Stays Reduced Due to Cost

Once again, Medicaid is the target of cuts that will most likely result in the rest of us bearing the cost of hospitals "eating" the costs they incur that are not reimbursable.  They cannot turn those that are already sick or in need of treatment away, as they can't just flip people already in the hospital out of their beds when an arbitrary date comes around.  If they have to absorb those costs, the rest of us will end up paying for it in higher insurance rates & in other ways - maybe even through other cuts to programs we may want sustained over time, like Medicare.

Maybe one big cost we could cut here in the US would be the cost of healthcare benefits for our members of Congress . . . .I'm tired of paying for them . . . . .

Read more here:  http://www.zanebenefits.com/blog/2011/10/425/States+Continue+to+Cut+Medicaid+-+Hospital+Stays+Reduced+Due+to+Cost

Development of "Essential Benefits" package underway

In accordance with Health Care Reform, the development of the framework for what will be considered an "Essential Benefits Package" is underway.  Read more here . . . .

http://www.lifehealthpro.com/2011/10/10/essential-health-benefits-first-silver-then-fire?utm_source=HCRW&utm_medium=eNL&utm_campaign=LifeHealthPro_eNLs