http://www.healthcarebs.com/2008/03/08/central-planning-and-health-care/ Cleaning the Augean Stables of the Health Care Debate Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:31:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://www.healthcarebs.com/2008/03/08/central-planning-and-health-care/#comment-57258 Will Jolly Sat, 08 Mar 2008 23:21:56 +0000 http://www.healthcarebs.com/2008/03/08/central-planning-and-health-care/#comment-57258 I have a couple of questions for you regarding regulation of healthcare in the U.S. First, is it really true that the federal government has certain laws prohibiting the provision of 100% free healthcare? Second, I read an article in my local newspaper about hospitals losing money to Medicare for "overcharging?". One hospital lost $28 million last year and of that amount, $13 million was to Medicare. I think what the Medicare Association does is make an estimate of how much each procedure will cost and then, if a hospital charges more, they are forced to pay the excess amount to Medicare. That's the way I interpreted the article, but I'm not 100% percent sure. As someone who claims to work in the healthcare industry, I would think that you would be able to provide some clarification. Thanks. I have a couple of questions for you regarding regulation of healthcare in the U.S. First, is it really true that the federal government has certain laws prohibiting the provision of 100% free healthcare? Second, I read an article in my local newspaper about hospitals losing money to Medicare for “overcharging?”. One hospital lost $28 million last year and of that amount, $13 million was to Medicare. I think what the Medicare Association does is make an estimate of how much each procedure will cost and then, if a hospital charges more, they are forced to pay the excess amount to Medicare.
That’s the way I interpreted the article, but I’m not 100% percent sure. As someone who claims to work in the healthcare industry, I would think that you would be able to provide some clarification. Thanks.

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