Comments on: New California bill would put state in charge of setting health care prices https://calwatchdog.com/2018/04/13/new-california-bill-would-put-state-in-charge-of-setting-health-care-prices/ Tue, 22 May 2018 08:59:16 +0000 hourly 1 By: Dr Loden Rogers https://calwatchdog.com/2018/04/13/new-california-bill-would-put-state-in-charge-of-setting-health-care-prices/#comment-142245 Tue, 22 May 2018 08:59:16 +0000 https://calwatchdog.com/?p=95917#comment-142245 If they regulate prices I wonder if they will charge the same amount for all? Currently, expanded Medicaid/Medical is not completely paid for by the government. Hospitals are forced to take lower payments for government-funded healthcare they provide but are allowed to charge more for those with private insurance, i.e. anyone with employer-provided insurance.thanks for sharing such interesting post

]]> By: Sean https://calwatchdog.com/2018/04/13/new-california-bill-would-put-state-in-charge-of-setting-health-care-prices/#comment-141186 Mon, 16 Apr 2018 19:21:40 +0000 https://calwatchdog.com/?p=95917#comment-141186 In reply to Hcat.

The US has very high prices because of perverse incentives created by the Feds. Ever notice how hospitals have gone from being a building or two and now are large campuses. They have also become the largest employers in many geographical regions. Yet it’s almost impossible to get a private practice doctor. And that’s because the federal government is happy to pay very high overhead rates to hospitals which results in reimbursement rates that are 3x higher than it would be for the same procedure in a private practice doctor’s office. You get more of what you subsidize generously and the Feds are subsidizing a lot of overhead.

]]> By: Hcat https://calwatchdog.com/2018/04/13/new-california-bill-would-put-state-in-charge-of-setting-health-care-prices/#comment-141179 Sun, 15 Apr 2018 19:00:22 +0000 https://calwatchdog.com/?p=95917#comment-141179 I know it’s not going to work well
And will lead to rationing (remember the 1970s?) but people are pretty desperate. No other country has to pay this much.

]]> By: Sean https://calwatchdog.com/2018/04/13/new-california-bill-would-put-state-in-charge-of-setting-health-care-prices/#comment-141171 Sat, 14 Apr 2018 16:21:36 +0000 https://calwatchdog.com/?p=95917#comment-141171 If they regulate prices I wonder if they will charge the same amount for all? Currently, expanded Medicaid/Medical is not completely paid for by the government. Hospitals are forced to take lower payments for government funded healthcare they provide but are allowed to charge more for those with private insurance, i.e. anyone with employer provided insurance. I wonder how people will feel when they are 80% into their $6,000 deductible and realize they are paying for most of their care out of pocket but being charge 50% more than the government pays those that don’t pay anything at all?

]]> By: T Ted Tedrow The Steele Dossier https://calwatchdog.com/2018/04/13/new-california-bill-would-put-state-in-charge-of-setting-health-care-prices/#comment-141165 Sat, 14 Apr 2018 00:30:51 +0000 https://calwatchdog.com/?p=95917#comment-141165 we must find a way to eliminate health care for the poor— that’s what Reagan/Jesus wants us to do.

]]> By: Queeg https://calwatchdog.com/2018/04/13/new-california-bill-would-put-state-in-charge-of-setting-health-care-prices/#comment-141164 Fri, 13 Apr 2018 22:10:26 +0000 https://calwatchdog.com/?p=95917#comment-141164 Yep Comrades

On way to Patagonia for annual fishing trip with my Bolivia/Cuba New Economy thinkers….their messaging on this California health care pricing is quite interesting. Their families get sick they fly them to France or Switzerland.

]]> By: Bev https://calwatchdog.com/2018/04/13/new-california-bill-would-put-state-in-charge-of-setting-health-care-prices/#comment-141162 Fri, 13 Apr 2018 19:47:23 +0000 https://calwatchdog.com/?p=95917#comment-141162 In reply to Bev.

Correction….this is not similar to Mitchell White bill. But shows a need to lower costs.

]]> By: Bev https://calwatchdog.com/2018/04/13/new-california-bill-would-put-state-in-charge-of-setting-health-care-prices/#comment-141160 Fri, 13 Apr 2018 19:36:09 +0000 https://calwatchdog.com/?p=95917#comment-141160 Copy- cat from Republican candidate Mitchell White for Congress Dist 4 bill to lower healthcare costs. But Mitchell Bill does not force pricing laws, instead it forces transparency and lowers cost. How about interviewing him and give us opportunities to elect those that will help us? He is a Senior Auditor for hospitals.

]]> By: Dude McCool https://calwatchdog.com/2018/04/13/new-california-bill-would-put-state-in-charge-of-setting-health-care-prices/#comment-141159 Fri, 13 Apr 2018 19:20:36 +0000 https://calwatchdog.com/?p=95917#comment-141159 Sounding a lot more like communism every day. Thanks Governor Brownstain.

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