According to a report out of Washington, (Associated Press) Medicare had $835 million in questionable payments in 2007. In 2009 the fraud identified in Medicare was $36 billion. Quite a hike, don't you think? Is that Bush oversite versus Obama oversite?
Medicare now hires independent contractors to ferret out fraud, and pays them well over $100 million per year to find it. Yet the contractors find only about 5-7% of the ongoing fraud. Isn't this just like the government? Hire ineffective companies to find the fraud, and then don't bother making sure the companies you hire are doing a satisfactory job. Just keep on paying them and paying them for sloppy results. And this is the government that is going to run our health care system.
Showing posts with label Governmental Fools. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Governmental Fools. Show all posts
Monday, August 9, 2010
Thursday, August 5, 2010
Obese Feds watching Obesity
The battle of the bulge is about to become public knowledge for Unlike Sam. BMI (body mass index), which is supposedly an obesity indicator, is now required to be part of our health records, in addition to height and weight. And ALL of our health records are required to be electronic by 2014. Our records will be available for access by the national health exchanges that are mandated by Obamacare. Health professionals who don't meet this reporting requirement will face reduced Medicare and Medicaid payments.
The BMI reporting requirement is part of the stimulus bill that was passed. It is not part of Obamacare. The problem, of course is that BMI is very arbitrary. What's obese for one persons height, weight and body structure may not be obese for someone else.
Big Brother is coming for us, folks. And once our health record are electronically in the hands of the government nothing will be private. Ever heard of identity theft? There's no way the feds can protect these records.
The BMI reporting requirement is part of the stimulus bill that was passed. It is not part of Obamacare. The problem, of course is that BMI is very arbitrary. What's obese for one persons height, weight and body structure may not be obese for someone else.
Big Brother is coming for us, folks. And once our health record are electronically in the hands of the government nothing will be private. Ever heard of identity theft? There's no way the feds can protect these records.
Monday, January 4, 2010
So the government is going to handle our healthcare?
THINK OF IT THIS WAY --
A clunker that travels 12,000 miles a year at 15 mpg uses 800 gal of gas a year.
A vehicle that travels 12,000 miles a year at 25 mpg uses 480 gal of gas a year.
So the average Cash for Clunkers transaction reduced US gas consumption by 320 gal per year.
The government "cashed" out 700,000 clunkers for 224 mill gal of gas saved.
That is slightly over 5 million barrels of oil., ab out 5 hours worth of US oil consumption.
5 mill barrels of oil at $70 p/barrell is about $350 million dollars.
So, the government paid $3 billion of YOUR tax dollars to save $350 million.
They spent $8.57 for every dollar saved.
They should do an outstanding job with healthcare, don't you think?
THINK OF IT THIS WAY --
A clunker that travels 12,000 miles a year at 15 mpg uses 800 gal of gas a year.
A vehicle that travels 12,000 miles a year at 25 mpg uses 480 gal of gas a year.
So the average Cash for Clunkers transaction reduced US gas consumption by 320 gal per year.
The government "cashed" out 700,000 clunkers for 224 mill gal of gas saved.
That is slightly over 5 million barrels of oil., ab out 5 hours worth of US oil consumption.
5 mill barrels of oil at $70 p/barrell is about $350 million dollars.
So, the government paid $3 billion of YOUR tax dollars to save $350 million.
They spent $8.57 for every dollar saved.
They should do an outstanding job with healthcare, don't you think?
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