I’m not an MD but will be starting my own Chiropractic practice soon and am already running into some issues with government regulation of medicine. Electronic health records are becoming mandated at some point (supposedly 2014). The problem is the government is putting in a mandate then not providing a free option. The cheapest EHR I have found that would do everything I need would increase my overhead by 30+%. This one factor might essentially put me out of business before I even start.
[quote]zecarlo wrote:
So now we know why 6 out of 10 doctors became doctors. [/quote]
yup, the same reason there is a collection of maggots outside the welfare offices every month
If your’re still supporting BarryCare at this point you’re really just revealing your EXTREME partisanship and showing your inability to think critically.
Early on it might have been forgiveable, but at this point, no, just…no
[quote]CroatianRage wrote:
I’m not an MD but will be starting my own Chiropractic practice soon and am already running into some issues with government regulation of medicine. Electronic health records are becoming mandated at some point (supposedly 2014). The problem is the government is putting in a mandate then not providing a free option. The cheapest EHR I have found that would do everything I need would increase my overhead by 30+%. This one factor might essentially put me out of business before I even start.[/quote]
That sucks man…
[quote]CroatianRage wrote:
I’m not an MD but will be starting my own Chiropractic practice soon and am already running into some issues with government regulation of medicine. Electronic health records are becoming mandated at some point (supposedly 2014). The problem is the government is putting in a mandate then not providing a free option. The cheapest EHR I have found that would do everything I need would increase my overhead by 30+%. This one factor might essentially put me out of business before I even start.[/quote]
Your not an MD so Chiropractic services are not medical in nature.
That is a joke. Sorry to hear about the overhead cost increase. Government at it finest.
Lol Obamacare. Unintended consequences for the win. So little thought put into the monstrosity.
[quote]H factor wrote:
Lol Obamacare. Unintended consequences for the win. So little thought put into the monstrosity. [/quote]
This is beautiful in its simplicity.
[quote]zecarlo wrote:
Some posters have a lot invested here emotionally. I forgive them. [/quote]
Of course they do…it’s the only place they can spew the nonsense that flows through that fleshy mass in their heads that is supposed to function as a brain without getting laughed out of the room…
[quote]Bauber wrote:
I am seeing more come out of my check each month to pay for those who don’t and aren’t. Sounds fair… Not.[/quote]
This sounds like its on the same level of bullshit that you were spewing in the Red State vs. Blue State violent crime discussion, which you conveniently never posted in after I posted the actual statistics.
So please explain to us how your tax burden has changed over the past 5 years? That would be especially strange considering the lack of change in tax brackets and SS/Medicare deductions. Unless of course you would have us to believe you make $500k+ per year lol
Didn’t a tax holiday end just this year?
[quote]VTBalla34 wrote:
So please explain to us how your tax burden has changed [u]over the past 5 years? [/u]
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[quote]usmccds423 wrote:
Didn’t a tax holiday end just this year?[/quote]
I swear to god USMC the next time you actually take the time to READ a post and try to apply SOME sort of fucking method of comprehending it will be the fucking first. Yes the SS tax holiday ended this year, but news flash genius, it is at the exact same rate as it was FIVE years ago. Like I said…
[quote]countingbeans wrote:
[quote]H factor wrote:
Lol Obamacare. Unintended consequences for the win. So little thought put into the monstrosity. [/quote]
This is beautiful in its simplicity.
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The problem is it probably has some good provisions that need implemented, but the overall bill is so huge, confusing, etc that none of that will happen in a good way or all the bad will outweigh those few smart moves. Of course with a bill that size a ton of the stuff is bad as well. That’s why you don’t make a bill that size to begin with. That’s why you don’t fucking pass something to figure out what’s in it. And not being able to figure out that businesses would make major changes to avoid big costs is one of the oversights of all time.
Our healthcare system needs drastic changes and is filled with all sorts of fuckups no doubt. It’s a shame that this “reform” done poorly is going to make people want an old broken system back again and keep us from achieving real progress there in the first place.
[quote]VTBalla34 wrote:
[quote]VTBalla34 wrote:
So please explain to us how your tax burden has changed [u]over the past 5 years? [/u]
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[quote]usmccds423 wrote:
Didn’t a tax holiday end just this year?[/quote]
I swear to god USMC the next time you actually take the time to READ a post and try to apply SOME sort of fucking method of comprehending it will be the fucking first. Yes the SS tax holiday ended this year, but news flash genius, it is at the exact same rate as it was FIVE years ago. Like I said…[/quote]
Well…Nice to talk with you again VT.
If one year ago I paid $7 in tax and this year I pay $9 in tax because the tax holiday is over, doesn’t that mean my tax burden has changed?
5 years is a long time to remain in the same tax bracket. Hell 5 years ago I was filing jointly on a Cpl’s salary so my burden has changed a lot in 5 years.
[quote]VTBalla34 wrote:
[quote]Bauber wrote:
I am seeing more come out of my check each month to pay for those who don’t and aren’t. Sounds fair… Not.[/quote]
This sounds like its on the same level of bullshit that you were spewing in the Red State vs. Blue State violent crime discussion, which you conveniently never posted in after I posted the actual statistics.
So please explain to us how your tax burden has changed over the past 5 years? That would be especially strange considering the lack of change in tax brackets and SS/Medicare deductions. Unless of course you would have us to believe you make $500k+ per year lol
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Did he specify that it was his taxes that changed in a part of the post that was cut out?
Because an increase in 125 withdrawals for employer sponsored insurance both reduce his take home pay, and, at least in part, go to pay for people who haven’t paid. (However this isn’t anything new, it happened prior to AHA as well.)
[quote]zecarlo wrote:
So now we know why 6 out of 10 doctors became doctors. [/quote]
Good point indeed.
[quote]conservativedog wrote:
In a survey by a top research firm, six in 10 physicians said it is likely many doctors will retire earlier than planned in the next one to three years.
The same percentage say the practice of medicine is in jeopardy as medical experts lose control of their clinics and compensation with the implementation of the Affordable Health Care for America Act, or Obamacare.
The survey found physicians are pessimistic about the future of medicine.
Fully half expect their incomes to fall dramatically in the next one to three years.
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Curious what American doctors make compared to the rest of the world?
[quote]Zeppelin795 wrote:
Curious what American doctors make compared to the rest of the world?[/quote]
What would it matter?
[quote]countingbeans wrote:
[quote]Zeppelin795 wrote:
Curious what American doctors make compared to the rest of the world?[/quote]
What would it matter?
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cuz they need to be taxed. Those rich a@@munches are making healthcare too expensive. Give back to the little people.
[quote]H factor wrote:
Lol Obamacare. Unintended consequences for the win. So little thought put into the monstrosity. [/quote]
The Law of "Unintended " Consequences made manifest:
It so happens I was discussing the 340B program with a drug company (yes, I speak with BIg Pharma) representative next week.
It turns out BIg Pharma, too, is joining the line-up of naive Obamacare supporters now turned negative.
This particular program, as explained by Dr. Gottlieb cited above, transfers cash from Big Pharma to Hospitals. Originally intended to help hospitals serving the needy “disproportionately,” it is now turning into a massive restructuring of cancer care delivery.
But Big Pharma actually doesn’t pay the entire fare; costs are shifted to commercial wholesalers, doctors, and ultimately insurance, the insured and patients.
And are the consequences truly “unintended?” I do not think so. Cancer care is an expensive line item int he national budget, and has been an object of government control for years. The 340B program is just another nail in the coffin of individualized care for the most dependent and defenseless patients.
Some of the consequences may indeed be on purpose, many are not (I highly doubt even people as stupid as liberals were hoping this would have companies cutting full time employees hours). It is going to be a textbook case in government at its worst. Attempting to fix a very real problem in a hurried mangled manner simply because they only were going to have the power to do it for a short while.
It says a lot about our two party system that one would even have to do this, but partisanship lends itself quite poorly to making laws. A shame because the health care system is still going to need fixing even after this fails and it’s merely setting back the conversation about how to make good changes. Meanwhile real people’s lives continue to be hurt by a broken system, and the fix to that sadly just breaks different parts in a different manner.