http://healthcarewa.com/archives/19 Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 17 May 2012 06:08:44 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://healthcarewa.com/archives/19/comment-page-1#comment-4 Nations’ eyes look to Senate Finance Committee for healthcare reform bill « healthcareWA Mon, 10 Aug 2009 18:51:26 +0000 http://healthcarewa.com/?p=19#comment-4 [...] Nations’ eyes look to Senate Finance Committee for healthcare reform bill At present, the fate of healthcare reform appears to be in the hands of Senator Max Baucus (D-MT) and the Senate Finance Committee. Senators appear to be closer to coming out with a new version of a health reform package. Read more on this from The Washington-Post. Many representatives in Washington, D.C. recognize that simply adding 45 million people to Medicare without changing delivery systems and realigning incentives will just bankrupt the system faster. Some are beginning to recognize successes in capitated Medicare Advantage plans, but there is a lot of push back from hospitals on that point. The House bill all but guts Medicare Advantage. There is also discussion about leveling Medicare reimbursement rates nationally, which currently vary state by state and tend to reward states with higher costs and worse outcomes. Again though, there is push back from the states with inefficient care that get more money. There aren’t many representatives out there who would be willing to vote for a proposal that reduces funds their state would receive. Read more about this development here. [...] [...] Nations’ eyes look to Senate Finance Committee for healthcare reform bill At present, the fate of healthcare reform appears to be in the hands of Senator Max Baucus (D-MT) and the Senate Finance Committee. Senators appear to be closer to coming out with a new version of a health reform package. Read more on this from The Washington-Post. Many representatives in Washington, D.C. recognize that simply adding 45 million people to Medicare without changing delivery systems and realigning incentives will just bankrupt the system faster. Some are beginning to recognize successes in capitated Medicare Advantage plans, but there is a lot of push back from hospitals on that point. The House bill all but guts Medicare Advantage. There is also discussion about leveling Medicare reimbursement rates nationally, which currently vary state by state and tend to reward states with higher costs and worse outcomes. Again though, there is push back from the states with inefficient care that get more money. There aren’t many representatives out there who would be willing to vote for a proposal that reduces funds their state would receive. Read more about this development here. [...]

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