It's shifty to be changing things... I'm surprised it can circumvent due process. However, I think the republicans really need to start offering ways to fix and improve the bill rather than just constantly arguing against it's existence, and focusing in on one particular issue and nitpicking.Originally Posted by Parkbandit
That aside, the government is already picking up the tab when it comes to uninsured individuals obtaining health care. These changes appear to just shift it from a state based distribution of tax revenue to federal, and from a per hospital basis consolidated to a per insurer basis. I'm not sure how this is really a material change in the bill, it's just making less recipients and streamlining the process from a micro to a macro level. It really doesn't sound like a bailout to me, it's the same existing distributions, to a different party that'll be paying the tabs on the micro level.
Interestingly, I heard on NPR the other day that some hospitals have actually started offering free health care to reduce costs. The example that they were using to highlight it was some guy with a massive cyst behind his ear. Fundamentally, they had two options: Eat the cost now, and remove the cyst, or wait til it ruptures, he gets rushed to the ER, and needs to receive emergency treatment, where they may not have the staff available, and it becomes a much more costly endeavor. Since the individuals likely wouldn't be paying either way, the hospital found it would be financially advantageous to pre-emptively eat costs rather than waiting for the situations to get out of hand.
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