Joe Ferguson forever

60 billion isn't going to save rural hospitals. It's also divided up among rural heath clinics and nursing homes and I think rural health departments. Poor area. Not nearly enough.

fine. weed them out. but over 10 million are projected to lose Medicaid. What of the other 5 mil?

no. https://www.forbes.com/sites/dereksaul/2025/01/10/bidens-final-labor-numbers-lowest-unemployment-since-clinton-marred-by-inflation/

cool. so no more posts about exploitation of the system ,,,

more info on this. not good at all. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/02/adp-jobs-report-june-2025.html

I would collect about $300/hour in the office running flat out.. Overhead ate 1/2. Hospital work, no where near that- lots of Medicaid (it barely pays for overhead) and no pays(uninsured) and it carries the highest risk. Oh, and we payed a tax to support a statewide malpractice fund for birth injuries. Some pay the Medicaid tax they were fighting over in Congress. Lots of people (eg hospital administrators) with less training and less hours make much more. Honest docs aren't the problem.

For Medicare, you are correct. The middlemen esp in the pharmacy programs are ripping everyone off. The hospitals are charging ridiculous prices but Medicare won't pay those. They have set reimbursement levels. There are many shady medical equipment companies (wheelchairs, scooters, infusions etc). There are many people on disability that shouldn't be - usually the poor. And there are some shyster docs and midlevels but they're a small part of the problem and they usually get caught. I know of 2 in prison right now, acquiatances, not friends. Some of the equipment companies are part of organized crime.

they have internet in all those places.... yeah, I might need one after paying for my surgery. "list price" over $100k. The great US healthcare system...Often quality services. Always exhorbitant prices. Imagine being uninsured. nah, the poor people still won't learn after they lose their Medicaid. They're in a cult.

trump lacks shame or anyone to answer to. reporters don't.

there are places, right now, in he USA, I want nothing to do with. Bad, very bad, terrible, no good places.

and he can't seem to find his diploma, license or board certification. Either his eyes, mind or both are shot.

if not Portugal or England it would be my next choice to move to when the trump youth start goose-stepping down 5th Ave.

admit it. you needed to look up "parenteral"...

“Here in Canada, many of us believe we are witnessing the fall of the U.S. empire. Would a civilized country limit health care or food assistance for the poor; leave crops rotting in the fields; destroy the educational system; target women and attempt to eliminate their reproductive rights while refusing to help resulting babies; abuse desperate immigrants; pretend to believe in Christianity while perverting and debasing its tenets; and refuse to protect the Earth from destruction? The world is watching.” – Paul F. Haacker

Some parenteral lysol might do Doc some good.

on e was in Manhattan. One was in an isolated mountain in Iran. See the difference?

don't care. anyone writing for the WP is degreed from a reputable university.

fine. That's not what this is about. it's about 10 million US citizens

Not so fast All those Medicaid voters in rural districts https://www.mediaite.com/media/podcasts/sht-show-marjorie-taylor-greene-trashes-drama-over-trumps-big-beautiful-bill-says-she-cant-imagine-it-will-pass-the-house/

Don’t know what you’re referring to. But the WP doesn’t run the country.

One of the reasons my town has become popular for retirees and others is a very good small hospital. It already picks up many of the difficult cases from several very rural hospitals. When those go under, ours will be slammed. And it’s not that big. Glad I’m retired. Hope I dont get sick.

14 rural hospitals at risk of closure in Washington state alone https://www.fox28spokane.com/senator-murray-reacts-to-u-s-senates-approval-of-big-beautiful-bill/

Hospital systems are screwed. Especially rural ones. You’ll see multiple small hospital closure and possibly some systems also let’s get it straight that the vast majority of those who will lose their Medicaid are not illegals. I believe I posted an article yesterday that showed out of 11.4 million who will lose their coverage, 1.4 are illegals His mother may well be on it and could lose it. Wonder if he’ll cover her.

Why. This is rich. Y'all post "facts" from random bloggers. here https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/business/poor-americans-senate-legislation.html

There rural red state voters are gonna love this Americans who comprise the bottom fifth of all earners would see their annual after-tax incomes fall on average by 2.3 percent within the next decade, while those at the top would see about a 2.3 percent boost, according to the analysis, which factors in wages earned and government benefits received. On average, that translates to about $560 in losses for someone who reports little to no income by 2034, and more than $118,000 in gains for someone making over $3 million, the report found. Martha Gimbel, the co-founder of the budget lab, described the Senate measure as “highly regressive.” The disparity owes largely to the fact that Republicans aim to pay for their tax cuts by slashing programs for the poor, including Medicaid and food stamps. The cuts amount to one of the largest retrenchments in the federal safety net in a generation. But the savings they generate only offset a fraction of the total cost of the bill, which is expected to add more than $3 trillion to the federal debt by 2034. Republicans have continued to defend the package as a win for all Americans. On Tuesday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent described the bill as a “deal for working people,” saying on Fox News that it would protect Medicaid. But the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office previously found that nearly 12 million more Americans could become uninsured by 2034 if a recent version of Senate Republicans’ bill were to become law. That includes Medicaid recipients, who could lose benefits because of how Mr. Trump and his party aspire to retool the program’s funding structure.