http://www.healthcarebs.com/2008/06/29/medicare-advantage-physician-cuts/ Cleaning the Augean Stables of the Health Care Debate Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:45:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://www.healthcarebs.com/2008/06/29/medicare-advantage-physician-cuts/#comment-225791 A Carroll Sun, 06 Jul 2008 18:48:40 +0000 http://www.healthcarebs.com/2008/06/29/medicare-advantage-physician-cuts/#comment-225791 Depends on your definition of "working." Alarmingly, neither this blog nor Laszewski even mentions the most important criteria for evaluating whether a public policy that transfers public funds to the private sector (for reasons OTHER than ideology or party line) is "working": outcomes and impact (i.e., are you getting what you're paying for?). All of the research says "NO," including comparisons with regular Medicare. No definition of "efficiency" or "effectiveness" could justify this program, whatever the ideology. Merely claiming that an overpayment is 2.8% instead of 12% still begs the question. Why should the taxpayer subsidize overpayments to any industry anyway, especially for poor service. People drop their car mechanics for reasons such as these. Depends on your definition of “working.” Alarmingly, neither this blog nor Laszewski even mentions the most important criteria for evaluating whether a public policy that transfers public funds to the private sector (for reasons OTHER than ideology or party line) is “working”: outcomes and impact (i.e., are you getting what you’re paying for?). All of the research says “NO,” including comparisons with regular Medicare. No definition of “efficiency” or “effectiveness” could justify this program, whatever the ideology. Merely claiming that an overpayment is 2.8% instead of 12% still begs the question. Why should the taxpayer subsidize overpayments to any industry anyway, especially for poor service. People drop their car mechanics for reasons such as these.

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