Not surprising. Wanting to privatize medicare is the only policy opinion Joe remembers he has
He's watched too much West Wing and thinks that he was actually in the Bartlett administration
Whoa whoa whoa hey, that's unfair.
The Bartlett administration privatized social security, not Medicare.
Yes.
The show frames it as them saving social security by privatizing it. And liberals adore this show.
Congress 'Asleep at the Switch'
:geordi-no: "Dems executing a scheme of privatization they've been pushing since the 90's"
:geordi-yes: "Dems accidentally stumble into hallowing out remaining welfare state"
Wow, I guess the Democratic party has just given up on 2024. If I thought they cared about people I'd say that this was an accelerationist ploy to force old people to support Single-Payer.
It's not though, the dems will get their kickbacks and the Republicans will storm into power.
There is a specter haunting the USA, the specter of Bill Clinton's administration wanting to do this in the 90's.
Weisbart told Common Dreams that while the creation of CMMI may have been well-intentioned the body's ability to "so fundamentally and radically transform a public health program that so many Americans rely on" without congressional approval or oversight is a real danger that lawmakers must take seriously.
Love that the people sounding the alarm on this are also massive idiots. This country is hopeless. How many times are these people going to fall for this "well intentioned" line? You work in the industry for crying out loud
well intentioned in that they sincerely believe the market produces the best outcomes. ideology is a powerful thing, and everyone likes to get high off their own supply.
Love how the govt is basically just sentencing more and more poor people to death in different ways. Best country in the world, every nation should be like America.
:sadness-abysmal:
:biden-troll: We told you you didn't need to elect Bernie to get everyone the same level of care/cost as they do on Medicare!
Under the DC model, so-called Direct Contracting Entities (DCEs) are paid monthly by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to cover a specified portion of a patient's medical care—a significant shift from traditional Medicare's direct reimbursement of providers.
DCEs are allowed to pocket the funding they don't spend on care, an arrangement that critics believe will incentivize the private middlemen to skimp on Medicare patients—many of whom could be auto-enrolled into DCEs without their knowledge or permission.
According to a policy brief released by PNHP, "Virtually any company can apply to be a DCE, including investor-backed startups that include primary care physicians, [Medicare Advantage] plans and other commercial insurers, accountable care organizations (ACOs) or ACO-like organizations, and for-profit hospital systems."
"Applicants are approved by CMS without input from Congress or other elected officials," the group notes.
At present, the pilot includes 53 DCEs in 38 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico. Drs. Richard Gilfillan and Donald Berwick pointed out in a September article for Health Affairs that 28 of the current DCEs are controlled by investors, not healthcare providers. A second tranche of DCEs is expected to debut in January 2022.
Richest nation on earth is going to get even richer profiting off vaccine breakthrough variants of covid
