Layoffs coming...

[hotrodharley]

Obamacare is just a stepping stone to a national healthcare system. It will become necessary because of what this bill will do to costs.

Our hospital lost a 50k bill because our cardiologist didn't document why he didn't prescribe aspirin to a heart patient according to core measures mandated by the government. His patient was on plavix and it was so obvious to the doctor he didn't understand why the documentation was needed. According to Obamacare, a verbal order no longer suffices, the orders will have to be entered electronically by the doctor himself now. Watching these brilliant men and women struggle with a password is both comical and sad. They could say give him aspirin or they can spend 30 minutes with the help desk because they've locked themselves out of the EMR again. This isn't going to help with costs at all.

That part doesn't sound designed to address costs but safety. Trust me - the states that prohibit doctors writing in cursive are ahead of the game. Some take great delight in writing like henscratch. It gets ridiculous asking "Can anybody read Dr. Jackoff's writing please?"

You well know that this law, or collection of laws and regulations, this program - will be modified year after year. Nothing stays intact, especially a big chunk of pork.

Know what CROWNWeb is? I'm sure you do. Our desk people have had a hard time getting everything collated and correlated into it lately and we have to go live online soon. Not sure of the date and could not care less. I've had to get used to everything from AIDS to computers in almost 35 years. Actually almost 36!!! Will be next month. Time flies.

Hassle? Hell yes. But a sure step to helping cut fraud. Not eliminating it but direct entry from care site to Medicare (CMS to us) makes tinkering with shit a lot harder.

 

[ginwilly]

You'll have a democrat President until at least 2024. Republican party is broken.

I heard a lot of the same talk after the 2008 elections and 2010 was a bloodbath of historic proportions. While I agree the Republican party is singing a death rattle, never underestimate the potential shittyness of your party. The voting public is shortsighted and prone to overreactions.

 

[hotrodharley]

That 2.3% is on the total value. Profit margins are 5-10%. So you're talking 25-50% less profit. Is it unreasonable to expect 25-50% layoffs?

So they can work to offset or pass on all other price increases from manufacturing to shipping to labor costs but not this? BS! I've been in business. You absorb as much as you can to keep from passing it on to your customers but inevitably when you do have to increase them they understand. If you're worth a shit at what you do.

 

[HeartlandHank]

I heard a lot of the same talk after the 2008 elections and 2010 was a bloodbath of historic proportions. While I agree the Republican party is singing a death rattle, never underestimate the potential shittyness of your party. The voting public is shortsighted and prone to overreactions.

2010 was a different time. You think Republicans will stop talking about rape, being racist, homophobic, talking down to the majority, and get out of womens health? Doubt it. That is the only way they will recover. I don't see that happening until after Hillary serves two terms. At the earliest.

I'm not a democrat.

You are making the same mistake that Republicans made in this election... You are failing to realize that the general voting public has changed. You can't piss off everyone but straight white conservative christians and millionaires and expect to win anymore. Doesn't work like that... The demographics changed, out of Republicans favor, and it is on a path to continue that way.

 

[hotrodharley]

A healthy population is an asset to any nation. The fact our infant mortality rate is worse than 33 other countries should be appalling. That's a good health care system? Countries like South Korea and Brunei outdo us? 34th in infant mortality?

37th in life expectancy and outdone by shitholes like Macau and Singapore?

What a great system. Keep defending this POS.

 

[ginwilly]

Know what CROWNWeb is? I'm sure you do. Our desk people have had a hard time getting everything collated and correlated into it lately and we have to live online soon. Hassle? hell yes. But a sure step to helping cut fraud.

I do some work with DaVita Dialysis and I think they use it but I'm not sure. I've only seen it, i haven't used it at all. I'm getting pretty well versed in quite a few of the different EMRs. After the passage of the bill i was recruited into the informatics world and it's pretty cool. Some of the phone apps are unreal. I guess the best way to describe what I'm doing now is implementation of clinical applications. I'm still new to it so I expect I'll have to learn more about CROWNWeb whether I want to or not.

I see the future being large hospital corporations and hospital owned doctor practices. The thousands of EMRs out there will be whittled down to what the government deems appropriate or useful so there is more standardization across the board. If I had known 2 years ago what I know now I would have consulted private practices to get them up on EMRs. Obamacare paid good money to offices for being up on electronic medical records by certain time frames. There are actually some good free programs out there that comply. One doc got an 18k check from the gov for installing and using this free software. A mint could have been made.

 

[cannabineer]

A healthy population is an asset to any nation. The fact our infant mortality rate is worse than 33 other countries should be appalling. That's a good health care system? Countries like South Korea and Brunei outdo us? 34th in infant mortality?

37th in life expectancy and outdone by shitholes like Macau and Singapore?

What a great system. Keep defending this POS.

Singapore is hardly a shithole. It's rich. I don't know much about Macau at all. cn

 

[hotrodharley]

Oh and let's rush to limit malpractice awards in a system that lets you die, obviously by life expectancy, but protects those who permit it. There are so many poor doctors out there. If they would truly police their own ranks and reveal who has been officially disciplined and why I would respect the profession more. They don't so I don't.

 

[hotrodharley]

Singapore is hardly a shithole. It's rich. I don't know much about Macau at all. cn

I don't think many places really are shitholes. Including Macau. But most of these conservative "patriots" hold themselves and their banners on high and feel the US is above reproach by anybody for any reason and that is not only insane but immature. It's only in assessing your strengths and weaknesses and using your strengths as best possible to address your weaknesses in any system that you get ahead or at least break even. Otherwise you're just a willing passenger on a ship of fools.

I know South Korea is no shithole and they beat us in both infant mortality and life expectancy. I'm sure some conservative will come along and credit it all to Clinton or Carter and moan about us paying for it.

 

[hotrodharley]

I do some work with DaVita Dialysis and I think they use it but I'm not sure. I've only seen it, i haven't used it at all. I'm getting pretty well versed in quite a few of the different EMRs. After the passage of the bill i was recruited into the informatics world and it's pretty cool. Some of the phone apps are unreal. I guess the best way to describe what I'm doing now is implementation of clinical applications. I'm still new to it so I expect I'll have to learn more about CROWNWeb whether I want to or not.

I see the future being large hospital corporations and hospital owned doctor practices. The thousands of EMRs out there will be whittled down to what the government deems appropriate or useful so there is more standardization across the board. If I had known 2 years ago what I know now I would have consulted private practices to get them up on EMRs. Obamacare paid good money to offices for being up on electronic medical records by certain time frames. There are actually some good free programs out there that comply. One doc got an 18k check from the gov for installing and using this free software. A mint could have been made.

The CW? It's a motherfucker. But a guy can only do so much and go so fast when getting used to a system. Again I am sure it will be tweaked constantly. Too bad there are no government instructors going to these large businesses and instructing us. Now THAT would help reduce a shitload of errors you know are coming when we go live.

 

[Red1966]

So they can work to offset or pass on all other price increases from manufacturing to shipping to labor costs but not this? BS! I've been in business. You absorb as much as you can to keep from passing it on to your customers but inevitably when you do have to increase them they understand. If you're worth a shit at what you do.

As they raise prices to offset the rise in taxes, the tax will also rise. Overseas manufacturers will not be subject to those taxes, therefor they will undercut our prices. Watch for cheap Chinese made medical devices to replace American made products. Do you really want a cheap knockoff pacemaker keeping your heart beating?

 

[UncleBuck]

As they raise prices to offset the rise in taxes, the tax will also rise. Overseas manufacturers will not be subject to those taxes, therefor they will undercut our prices. Watch for cheap Chinese made medical devices to replace American made products. Do you really want a cheap knockoff pacemaker keeping your heart beating?

i bet stormfront red only thinks the american made product is superior if a white person made it.

 

[HeartlandHank]

As they raise prices to offset the rise in taxes, the tax will also rise. Overseas manufacturers will not be subject to those taxes, therefor they will undercut our prices. Watch for cheap Chinese made medical devices to replace American made products. Do you really want a cheap knockoff pacemaker keeping your heart beating?

I thought I checked Obama/Biden? I didn't mean to check "old people die from cheap pacemaker"... must have been those cheap made in China voting machines...

 

[Red1966]

The healthcare bill wasn't even on the ballot. That was voted in by Congress, years ago. Original post was about layoffs. I am an overpaid, under-worked government employee. If my funding (a DOE grant) gets cut, it won't take effect until June. If it should get cut, I can live pretty well on unemployment at half my current wage. If I can draw it 99 weeks, I would just consider it an extended vacation. I could use a break. I've got 9 weeks of vacation pay coming to me, too.

 

[NoDrama]

A healthy population is an asset to any nation. The fact our infant mortality rate is worse than 33 other countries should be appalling. That's a good health care system? Countries like South Korea and Brunei outdo us? 34th in infant mortality?

37th in life expectancy and outdone by shitholes like Macau and Singapore?

What a great system. Keep defending this POS.

Been to Macau and Singapore both, neither were shitholes when i visited, quite nice actually.

 

[Red1966]

A healthy population is an asset to any nation. The fact our infant mortality rate is worse than 33 other countries should be appalling. That's a good health care system? Countries like South Korea and Brunei outdo us? 34th in infant mortality?

37th in life expectancy and outdone by shitholes like Macau and Singapore?

What a great system. Keep defending this POS.

That statistic is deceptive. USA counts all full-term pregnancies. Many nations do not count babies under the age of 1 month and up to 1 year. Differing standards make the statistic meaningless, tho those with an agenda will keep quoting it. South Korea, Brunei, and Singapore are wealthy nations, not "shitholes" at all. I know nothing about Macau, so I won't comment. Iran's government claims there are no gays in Iran. Yet, nearly every day, several are stoned to death.

 

[Winter Woman]

lies, lies, lies. lies lies lies lies. lies, lies lies, lies lies lies lies lies.

• First, even under the GOP’s own flawed definition of small business, approximately 97% of taxpayers with small business income would be completely unaffected by the President’s plan: According to estimates by Tax Policy Center, about 97% of taxpayers reporting business income would not be impacted by the President’s tax proposals -- which only affect those earning over $250,000. This has been confirmed by the independent Congressional Research Service, which concluded that “only a small fraction of businesses will be affected [by allowing the temporary income tax cuts to expire for people earning over $250,000 a year], around 2% to 3%.”
• Second, what Congressional Republicans Define as “Small Businesses” Include Millionaires and Billionaires, Law Partners, Hedge Fund Managers, and Passive Investors. Congressional Republicans define as small businesses any individual who receives “small business income”. Under this definition:
  • Over half of the 400 Highest Earners in the United States Would Be “Small Businesses”: According to IRS data, in 2009, among the 400 taxpayers with the highest adjusted gross income – group that averages over $200 million each in taxable income – at least 237 would have qualified as “small businesses” under this definition.
  • Hedge Fund Managers and Law Firm Partners are “Small Businesses”: It counts any type of partnership income, proprietor income, or S corporation income as “small business” income. That includes:
    • income received by partners in law firms – each and every one of whom would be considered a “small business” under this definition
    • income received by partners in hedge funds – each and every one of whom would be considered a “small business” under this definition
    • passive income on investments
    • income from renting out a property like a vacation home.
  • This is why, last time Republican Congressional Leaders tried this argument they couldn’t produce one so called “small business job creator.” Last fall, when the GOP was blocking measures of the American Jobs Act that could have supported over a million additional jobs; they argued that asking millionaires and billionaires to pay their fair share would hurt “small business job creators.” But after pressed by independent media outlets such as National Public Radio, Republicans in Congress and their wealthy allies could not produce a single millionaire job creator for NPR to interview. [LINK]

As a business owner I know I'm right. I've been warned by my attorney and CPA what is coming round the bend. I have a tendency to believe them.

But after pressed by independent media outlets such as National Public Radio, Republicans in Congress and their wealthy allies could not produce a single millionaire job creator for NPR to interview. - Do you really expect me to believe that too. Well, maybe the millionaires know better than to talk to a biased outfit like NPR.

If you want me to believe it show me the definition and not something from NPR.

 

[Winter Woman]

I have a friend at the director level at a auto company. Europe should be very afraid of whats to come. Especially from Ford.

 

[Red1966]

I have a friend at the director level at a auto company. Europe should be very afraid of whats to come. Especially from Ford.

OK, tell us what Ford is going to do in Europe. I'd like to know.

 

[hotrodharley]

As they raise prices to offset the rise in taxes, the tax will also rise. Overseas manufacturers will not be subject to those taxes, therefor they will undercut our prices. Watch for cheap Chinese made medical devices to replace American made products. Do you really want a cheap knockoff pacemaker keeping your heart beating?

You think abolishing that tax would ensure your pacer isn't foreign-made? You're not really that green, are you?