Saturday, November 08, 2008
George W Bush, still dangerous
Until the sun goes down on his reign of evil, he is still capable of screwing lots of people in all kinds of places. Medicare is the latest to feel the evil of his ideology which demands human suffering.
In a notice published Friday in the Federal Register, the Bush administration said it had to clarify the definition of outpatient hospital services because the current ambiguity had allowed states to claim excessive payments.So having screwed the economy, he now limits the services available to those who will be thrown upon Medicare for necessary health services.
“This rule represents a new initiative to preserve the fiscal integrity of the Medicaid program,” the notice said.
But John W. Bluford III, the president of Truman Medical Centers in Kansas City, Mo., said: “This is a disaster for safety-net institutions like ours. The change in the outpatient rule will mean a $5 million hit to us. Medicaid accounts for about 55 percent of our business.”
Alan D. Aviles, the president of the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation, the largest municipal health care system in the country, said: “The new rule forces us to consider reducing some outpatient services like dental and vision care. State and local government cannot pick up these costs. If anything, we expect to see additional cuts at the state level.”
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