Blurryeyed Loc: NC Mountains.

The electronic record keeping systems are quite expensive, for a small rural hospital serving low income communities many of the patients relying on medicaid it is an expense that can not be met. As far as re-admissions? They can not control the behavior of their patients nor can they change poor personal habits that are often prevalent in these communities...

But I guess that you are saying that no local healthcare facilities or more importantly emergency services are better for these communities than the hospitals on which they and their families have been in the past able to rely on... I wonder how many lives may be lost in emergency situations when a family may have to travel 50 miles to obtain medical help? I have lived in such a community and I can tell you any hospital is better than none at all.

phcaan Loc: Willow Springs, MO

No, like any i***t who supports the most inept administration in history.

PNagy Loc: Missouri City, Texas

Blurry: The electronic record keeping systems are quite expensive, for a small rural hospital serving low income communities many of the patients relying on medicaid it is an expense that can not be met.

Nagy: Oh, you have priced them? There is not a choice?

Blurry: As far as re-admissions? They can not control the behavior of their patients nor can they change poor personal habits that are often prevalent in these communities...

Nagy: This is nonsense by which you are pretending to answer the question of how ACA is k*****g small rural hospitals because of readmissions. I stated that it would seem the percentage of readmissions in most hospitals would tend to be the same. I also said that ACA offers incentives for preventive measures, but the article you posted says it punishes for readmissions.

Blurry: But I guess that you are saying that no local healthcare facilities or more importantly emergency services are better for these communities than the hospitals on which they and their families have been in the past able to rely on... I wonder how many lives may be lost in emergency situations when a family may have to travel 50 miles to obtain medical help? I have lived in such a community and I can tell you any hospital is better than none at all.

Nagy: Some lives will indeed be lost, but the article you posted does not really explain that the closures are caused by Obamacare. I suspect low volume business is at the root of the closures, but without making a case for it, the article, and you blame Obamacare. The article had all of three lines about the alleged causes in a page piece, and what was presented was very weak, So is your defense of it.

idaholover Loc: Nampa ID

"In AZ, not exactly the hotspot for intelligence"
Once again, Donna, intellectual center of the universe, along with Joseph Grubber, can malign an entire state because of her hatred for Christianity!
What a chump!

Blurryeyed Loc: NC Mountains.

Yup!, we do....



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_health_record#Costs

There are a lot articles on this Peter from all kinds of sources, I am just suggesting that it is quite possible that the ACA is having some potentially significant negative effects in small rural communities... I have seen many reports of doctors just closing up shop rather than make the mandated changes required by the ACA.

I have seen other such reports, seems last year a significant hospital closed in Texas that was serving mostly minority patients because of their inability to secure reimbursement from the federal government because of changes that came into effect with Obamacare.

thom w Loc: San Jose, CA

My understanding is that this is only happening in states that refused to allow Medicare to more people

thom w Loc: San Jose, CA

I'm sure that Az. has redeeming qualities but my understanding is they still refuse to accept the MLK jr holiday and when the Montreal protocol went into effect they notified the feds that "Arizona is not party to the Montreal Protocol". My understanding is that there is no refrigerant manufactured in Az. so there was no effect.

phcaan Loc: Willow Springs, MO

If more states would stand up and put the federal government in its place, we would be better off today.

PNagy Loc: Missouri City, Texas

You mean like the time some states tried to put the federal government in its place regarding s***ery?

thom w Loc: San Jose, CA

And more people would be without health insurance and more small rural hospitals would close. But, you sure would show them, I guess.

thom w Loc: San Jose, CA

They didn't just try to keep s***ery they tried to destroy the United States. So far the Confederacy is the greatest threat this Country has faced. Except for Pearl Harbor no other enemy has brought the fight to our homeland.

phcaan Loc: Willow Springs, MO

If the federal government would secure our borders many small hospitals would not have to close due to the flood of illegal folks overflowing their emergency rooms with no intention of paying for service. Many small medical institutions have gone out of business because of the drain on their finances.

phcaan Loc: Willow Springs, MO

I've had enough. My stomach can only tolerate so much liberal trash.

thom w Loc: San Jose, CA

Please don't tell me you support the confederacy. I'm thinking you don't.

thom w Loc: San Jose, CA

I'm thinking that you said on here that you're not angry but you sound angry.