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Originally Posted by Ronnie61
I've been a healthcare consultant for 25 years or more and am still actively working. I'm almost afraid to post on here because when I do, people mostly tell me I don't know what I'm talking about. All I can tell you is I've done work for a large number of Fortune 500 companies so believe I have a pretty good grasp of how health care works (or doesn't...). If you google rural hospitals, you'll find many are closing because they only receive funds from Medicare and Medicaid which reimburses hospitals at far lower levels than private insurance for the under age 65 population. As an example, across the country, the Blues pay hospitals about 325% of Medicare on average. So that tells you why having people under 65 with commercial insurance (not govt.) provides more revenue to a hospital and does help attract better talent, money, and as a side impact, raise the quality of care simply because these facilities have more financial resources. Every time a politician tells you they are going to control the cost of healthcare by not increasing payments to Medicare providers, these are price controls. It's why the cost of healthcare rises so much on the other side of the coin, meaning the private side where they are subsidizing the govt. paid insurance. None of these comments are meant to indicate what's right, what's wrong, or what the fix is....only to help you understand how it works.....I'm sure many on here who won't believe what I say.......thanks...
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I didn't understand your post and I tried. Who are "the blues"?? And, do you think this hospital, TVRH fits into the typical "rural hospital" you speak of or one with a lot of people backed by company insurance? Please clarify for me. I think you saying that our government
entitlement of Medicare will cost us more because it is costing the country more?