Kasz216 on 19 March 2010
| Lord Flashheart said: So what do you make of this? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8160058.stm We would need to know how much of that 2.2trl was spent buy the gov and not private spending and see if it's more expensive than the proposed cost of the reform. A lot if it does seem to have some good plans i.e. tackling waste fraud and abuse. We need to do that in the NHS. Too much red tape and managers. Bring back the matrons. The plan doesn't seem that bad. It seems those with health care are worried about having to pay too much and that seems to come from the republicans. |
Actually that 753 billion is being spent even if the healthcare bill passes.
The proposed cost of the reform is just adding on top of that 753 billion.
As for the waste and fraud stuff... that isn't a very major part of the bill. It's actually the part the Republicans wanted as well. It's really probably the only part of the bill that should pass. It's however not as significant as people think it is.
It's basically guesswork based on how much doctors can be bribed into cutting down on readmissions and hoping that the 250 billion extra they put towards finding fraud catches a LOT of fraud.
