No Obamacare doesnt go into effect till after - the election
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and thanks to the threat of obamacare..the insurance I have (through my old employer, Im on disability) has tripled..Obamacare needs to be defeated
“People are accessing more services and hospitals, doctors and labs are charging us more,” Aetna spokeswoman Susan Millerick said.
The costs associated with the Affordable Care Act account for only a tiny fraction of the requested increases — less than 1 percent. These amounts cover the costs of the preventative women’s care benefits and the changes in cost sharing, said Paul Lombardo, the actuary for the state Insurance Department who reviews the rate increase requests.
While health care spending did rise at double the rate of inflation in 2010, a report by the Health Care Cost Institute confirms Connecticut’s findings and concludes the rising prices are due to the health costs that crept up during the recession. In fact, Obamacare will help address this very issue. The health care reform law represents part of the solution — not the problem, as Republicans claim — as it seeks to help make health insurance more affordable by reforming payment models, reducing payments to hospitals, and prioritizing quality of care.
tell me how that works? I know the insurance premiums are less than a regular health plan. If your company puts 500 in your account, does that mean the first few times, for example, until you use up the 500, you don't pay ANYTHING or is it the opposite...you pay the entire office visit cost until you reach that 500? I would be so grateful for any information about this type of plan. TIA ...
I pay very little attention to what Washington does, but I have to wonder if this new health care reform that dear old Obama has finally pushed through is going to affect our jobs and pay rate. My husband gets good insurance through UPS, and he says that it will make his insurance less because according to this bill, everyone gets the same coverage. At least that's how he explained it.
So is this going to cost doctors and hospitals money, and if it does, is that going to make t ...
Has anyone worked or works for Ascend Health Care. Our local hospital just entered into a three year contract with them with an anticipated 52 million lines for the life of the contract. I had applied at the hospital but they were not hiring and i guess that was the reason why. ...
I'm going back to school to get out of transcription. I currently do QA. I have a 2-year degree in health information technology and am trying to figure out whether to go get a Bachelor's in information technology and health informatics or go for a business degree with a healthcare management emphasis. I know electronic records are taking over and health informatics is a growing field. Does anyone have any suggestions? I know with IT I'd need to keep up a bunch of certificat ...
With the new health care laws in the next 2 years, will IC become obsolete? Won't these transcription companies be forced to provide health benefits and forced to have employees? Or will they still be allowed to just hire us as IC's? ...
First I had to switch from Kaiser last year and now the new doctor I found with United Healthcare is OUT OF NETWORK and the new and only coverage sucks. I guess it is time to go. Any good company's out there with decent insurance? This is pitiful. ...
Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me. 10/16/2013: Paraphrasing: Keep employee premiums, plan and deductibles the same, except the spousal charge (didn't say would keep same company - stupid me for assuming so). 10/29/2013: Pharaphrasing: New healthcare administrator which consolidates...supposedly everything our previous plan had.... premiums, deductibles, etc., to remain same (then why change it, and will the coverage still b ...
Department of Labor statistics for February 2012:
Health care and social assistance employment rose by 61,000 over the month. Within health care, ambulatory care services added 28,000 jobs, and hospital employment increased by 15,000. Over the past 12 months, health care employment has risen by 360,000. ...
Has anyone who was hired on at Ascend/Portal Health Care LLC during the last hiring received their payment for Phase I? I am beyond outraged right now; just told that I will have to wait until after the 15th for my first payment to be processed b/c processing ended on March 20th despite repeated emails being sent out by payroll stating that submission after the 20th wouldn't affect the schedule of payment. Not to mention, I submitted my invoice twice and asked for re ...
Moderate, please don't move this to offshore board. It needs to be seen by more people.
Exerpt:
"The new law imposes limits on outsourcing by American insurance companies and medical service providers. In addition, several categories of data are prohibited from flowing offshore. As a result, many Indian outsourcing firms have begun setting up shop in the United States. America’s outsourcers are now outsourcing back to America."
Link to article:
http://medicaltourismmag.com/news_ar ...
New job figures out today: Health care continued to add jobs in December (+23,000); employment in hospitals increased by 10,000. Over the year, health care employment has risen by 315,000.
Any increase in health care employment is good for MTs. ...
I got an email a few days ago plainly stating that my employer would not be offering health insurance to its employees, and also providing specific information regarding how I could access the "marketplace" for insurance.
Anybody else?
3 days till October 1st, lol! ...
I am looking into what field of study to take up. I am thinking about staying in Health Care and am especially interested in home health care. I was wondering if anyone knows personally if there are demands for:
Physical Therapist assistant - with Associated degree
Occupational assistant- with Associates degree
Has anyone heard of Speech/language pathologist assistant? I think this will require too much schooling but I have heard there is a big demand in health care and schools.
I al ...
Thought the suits might be interested to see "comparable wages" in my neck of the woods.
Preferred familiarity with medical terminology. Demonstrates courtesy, attitude, respect and enthusiasm (C.A.R.E.) in all interactions....
$11.72 - $13.46 an hour
Owing to disability and not being able to dig my car out of the driveway every day in winter, I cannot even apply for this. Boy, sure would be nice to earn a living like this on a daily, steady, hourly basis (working with nice people every day). ...
Did you happen to read the letter to Obama written by a transcriptionist when first logging on to MTStars? I think it is VERY well said, and we should send a similar one to him. The writing is definitely on the wall. I am seriously considering quitting as I am sure MT's jobs will be obsolete very soon. However, now I am debating whether to stick it out here until the end and hope for either a severance pay or unemployment. My CCM was MORE THAN HAPPY to off ...
Since the gov's all about obamacare nowadays and HIPAA and whatnot, maybe the US MTs need some sort of special interest group to storm Capitol Hill and demand a consistent style for healtcare documents...a certain way to do HPs, OP notes, summaries, consults, ad nauseum...hey, the buzz word these days is interoperability, right? I just cannot fathom why or how these facilities and physicians within them get their way all the freaking time. If the gov would attach format template ...
It has to do with requiring employers to reveal employees' salaries regarding sex, race and national origin of employees. Will this mean MQ will have to pay the Indians more? How about paying us more fairly? Any thoughts on this? ...
While President Obama is touring India, I sure hope he finds our jobs, loads them onto Air Force One, and brings them back to us...along with the wages that we once earned. Instead though, we'll probably just get T-shirts (made in China) that say "I are a global MT." ...
Did you hear? No tax relief to any American company who sends work overseas.
IT IS ABOUT TIME!!! I believe the republicans and democrats stood up for that statement!!! ...
...bills. Most Saint hospitals and others actually operate as non-profits, and for what they are screwing us over in taxes unpaid, they can afford to help out folks with their bills and still give their CEOs generous stock options and obscene salaries! But, you have to ask for this after your visit, treatment, x-ray, or ER visit. ASK for help if you need it. It is not our fault that suits are in charge of medical care in this country. ...
I have heard and read that Obama is really pushing the EMR, and by the year 2014, he wants all hospitals/clinics to implement this or else be taxed. He also is supposed to be offering grants and incentives if they do also. So any hospital or physician office that doesn't will be taxed more and will not get incentives, grants, etc. So I think most will try it cause they don't want more taxes and want the incentives, etc. So where does that leave us? If you work for a hospital, what ...
Gibson Guitars, accused of using illegally imported wood, a claim that Gibson refutes and for which the company has filed documentation to the contrary, has now been told that their problems "would go away" if they used labor in Madagascar.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/blog/watercooler/2011/sep/1/picket-gibson-guitar-ceo-obama-admin-told-us-our-p/
For those of you brave enough to access this site...you can hear an account of the entire debacle from the lips of Gibson CEO directly ...
Here is what I put in this petition - I tried not to make it specific to MT, as there are more jobs that need to come back than just ours.
Stop the overseas off-shoring of American jobs - at least stop those that
contain personal information. (this is the title to search for at "we the people" if the link does not post)Stop the overseas off-shoring of American Jobs will keep American Jobs in
American, will keep American money in America. Once that money leaves it
will n ...
I think I have figured out an excellent strategic way to approach writing this letter. My objective is to GET IT READ.
Guided by my intuition, I put some ideas down in a beginning document on my computer --- as as I did so --- other ideas began to float through my mind. I wound up with something which I think is a very good strategy. I am not going to say what it is. I'm just saying that I feel QUITE GOOD about this way of presenting "the story."
Once I ...