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re: Helena Moreno's heinous socialism: N.O. Council pushing plan to wipe out unpaid med bills
Posted on 11/30/22 at 9:27 am to GeauxxxTigers23
Posted on 11/30/22 at 9:27 am to GeauxxxTigers23
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If you think getting the government more involved in medical care will make prices go down or make the healthcare more efficient then the only thing to say to you is you are a fricking retard.
Bingo. Its fricked up because the government is involved.
shite, our entire system of insurance took hold because of government action.
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Posted on 11/30/22 at 9:29 am to OogumBoogum
That’s one way to buy votes from people who won’t vote
Posted on 11/30/22 at 9:44 am to OogumBoogum
WSJ article about Ochsner profiting off "charity" care
Yes, lets give them more tax dollars, please.
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Nonprofit hospitals get billions of dollars in tax breaks in exchange for providing support to their communities. A Wall Street Journal analysis shows they are often not particularly generous.
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Among nonprofits with the smallest shares of patient revenue going toward charity care—well under 1%—were high-profile institutions including the biggest hospitals of California’s Stanford Medicine and Louisiana’s Ochsner Health systems. At Avera Health, a major hospital system in South Dakota, charity care was roughly half of 1% of patient revenue across all its 18 hospitals.
Yes, lets give them more tax dollars, please.
This post was edited on 11/30/22 at 9:46 am
Posted on 11/30/22 at 9:56 am to chalmetteowl
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She might actually be competent… we can’t have that
She’s competent. Very competent. She’s got strong backing too.
She just doesn’t believe in conservative principles. She wholeheartedly believes in the nanny state. It’s about what government can do for you, not what you can do for yourself.
Posted on 11/30/22 at 10:03 am to Tarps99
My guess is that this is 1.3 million to shore up NO EMS. Hospitals have already written off long standing outstanding balances
Posted on 11/30/22 at 10:14 am to I B Freeman
Would agree with your assessment as it applies to the hospital based systems like Ochsner, etc. But private unaffiliated docs take losses on Medicaid.
This amounts to about 1/75 th of the funds or about 1.3 million. Maybe a payoff to Acadian.....does Acadian even operate in Orleans. I suspect this goes to EMS guys in particular.
This amounts to about 1/75 th of the funds or about 1.3 million. Maybe a payoff to Acadian.....does Acadian even operate in Orleans. I suspect this goes to EMS guys in particular.
Posted on 11/30/22 at 10:52 am to KiwiHead
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But private unaffiliated docs take losses on Medicaid.
They need to tighten up their operations if they do. They get in the neighborhood of $50 per office visit not counting any other billable services they perform during the visit.
I have a good doc and rarely does he ever spend more than 10 minutes with me on an office visit. That's $300 per hour.
Healthcare should be subscription based and not fee for service IMHO. Paul Ryan, BTW, attempted to move Medicare to this and both parties fought him as providers and drug companies and insurance companies screamed.
This post was edited on 11/30/22 at 10:55 am
Posted on 11/30/22 at 12:01 pm to I B Freeman
Government payers might make up revenue due to volume, but commercial/private insurances reimburse at a significantly higher rate. That 70% is on the higher end of what most healthcare systems see their revenue share at ( LINK)
That $50 reimbursement is usually correct for new patients. For an existing LA Medicaid patient, a ten minute visit would reimburse between $25-$30. You're describing a perfectly run clinic with no gaps between appointments, fully booked all the time, and with no patients missing appointments. That's an ideal world, but not what actually happens.
Do I think there needs to be an overhaul of the current system? Absolutely. Do I think a subscription-based product could be a reasonable option? Sure. But I think there are multiple parties to blame for why healthcare is where it's at right now, and the government options play a role in this.
That $50 reimbursement is usually correct for new patients. For an existing LA Medicaid patient, a ten minute visit would reimburse between $25-$30. You're describing a perfectly run clinic with no gaps between appointments, fully booked all the time, and with no patients missing appointments. That's an ideal world, but not what actually happens.
Do I think there needs to be an overhaul of the current system? Absolutely. Do I think a subscription-based product could be a reasonable option? Sure. But I think there are multiple parties to blame for why healthcare is where it's at right now, and the government options play a role in this.
Posted on 11/30/22 at 1:03 pm to OogumBoogum
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Following on the heels of New Orleans' universal-basic-income handout for youths
Wasn't that privately funded?
Posted on 11/30/22 at 1:58 pm to I B Freeman
So you are saying that Paul Ryan had a well thought out idea that made sense. Bold move in this board, indeed !!!
Posted on 11/30/22 at 2:49 pm to BugAC
Literally almost fell out of my chair laughing 
Posted on 11/30/22 at 3:03 pm to UncleLester
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’ll agree to this IF… A video exists of a passionate tryst between Helena & Rita LeBlanc Benson (circa 2006) and it is also shared with us tax payers to enjoy.
Hmmm
They were friendly back in the day
Posted on 11/30/22 at 3:27 pm to SlidellCajun
Who is backing her? Since you have inside knowledge.
Posted on 11/30/22 at 5:59 pm to SlidellCajun
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She just doesn’t believe in conservative principles. She wholeheartedly believes in the nanny state. It’s about what government can do for you, not what you can do for yourself.
It’s New Orleans. Conservative principles are for people in Metairie
Posted on 11/30/22 at 6:31 pm to OogumBoogum
This is nothing more than a ploy to reduce the purchasing power of likely Republican voters by taking their money via taxes and giving it to likely Democrat voters (those on government tit and the super rich). fricking sickening.
Posted on 11/30/22 at 6:34 pm to Flashback
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I would love to see who receive this money if it happens.
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