 merrie says: SENATE: PUBLIC OPTION STILL ALIVE! The Senate's version of healthcare reform is slated to be voted on by the Finance Committee on Tuesday. But the House bill has already been approved by several committees and is sure to play a major role in any conference by the House and Senate to reconcile the bills those bodies pass. Newsmax.TV's Ashley Martella noted that under the House bill, physicians would be drafted into the public option, a provision Dr. Blaylock has earlier called "conscription." This bill "is virtually a draft because it says all physicians are automatically in the public option unless they opt out, and the opt out mechanism will be later determined by the Secretary of Health and Human Services," Dr. Blaylock said. "Well, we don't know how difficult it will be for physicians to opt out. Will there be penalties, fines, taxes, etc.? Because that's all left up to the Secretary." He added on that score: “One of the things that concerns the legal minds of this country is that any bill that contains arbitrary language can be interpreted after it’s passed any way they want to. And in this bill, virtually every page gives arbitrary powers to the Secretary of Health and Human Services.” Blaylock warned that under the House bill, hospital readmissions will be very restricted. “One of the things they targeted to save money was to punish hospitals and physicians if they readmit a patient within a month of them being treated in an emergency room,” he said. “The effect of that is going to be that doctors are not going to want to treat these patients, hospitals are no... They're rollin' over us. This isn't a Republic or even a democracy anymore....it's an oligarchy and they're drunk with power and entitlement. |
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