January 9, 2009
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Some thoughts on non-profits
We already have government healthcare for the poor, and the elderly through Medicaid and Medicare… and it’s putting the hospitals with the greatest number of older and ultra-low income patients out of business, because the government only reimburses cost. Automatically, this means private insurance and Blue Cross patients must be overcharged, in order for the hospitals to survive. (Note: Blue Cross is now known as Anthem.)
America had better wake up, because private insurance and Blue Cross patients are overcharged, paying for the elderly and low income Medicare and Medicaid patients.
I owned two acute hospitals, and filed for Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement from the government for a third of a century. Bottom line is that a hospital without a substantial number of private insurance and Blue Cross patients must short-change quality of care, or go bankrupt, because of the burden of reimbursement at cost for Medicare and Medicaid hospital patients. You must make a profit to survive, and the government is not letting hospitals do that. It is unfair to compensate for this by overcharging the private insurance and Blue Cross patients.
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Responses Encouraged
An invitation from Pax Beale,
Author, U.S. Patent Holder, Bodybuilding champ, Ex-Heart Cripple…
Have I stimulated your thoughts? How?
Or…Does my position disturb the hell out of you? Why?
Some thoughts on non-profits
A potential solution to the problem of hospitals receiving low medicare reimbursement in low income areas would be fundraising. Here again they are at a disadvantage, due to the fact they have fewer wealthy people as a source for fund raising. Thus the low income hospital loses two ways: First, they have fewer private patients in order to make a profit, and fund raising opportunities are less because of the population they serve.
Bottom line, the private patient has to be overcharged in order to create a decent profit.
With universal health care, which Obama favors, there will be no more private patients. Therefore, who is left to “screw”, in order to make universal health care an economic success.
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Responses Encouraged
An invitation from Pax Beale,
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Or…Does my position disturb the hell out of you? Why?
Some thoughts on non-profits
We have to assume all corporations, including non-profit corporations, have to make a profit to survive…but the Government for medicare and medicade only reimburse hospitals at cost. That means all profit comes from Blue Cross and private insurance patients. If the hospital is located in a poor district they would have fewer private patients and more government patients. Therefore, hospitals in low income areas find it more difficult to survive and a shortage of funds can impact their quality of care.
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By Michelle Roads
The following may shock you. Some of the big non-profits that are household names, make a lot of noise and do very little. Many are just fund raising machines.
Yes, there is some merit to creating public awareness to certain medical problems. But creating awareness as opposed to doing something about problems and implementing a solution, are two different things.
Many have staggering overheads to create fund raising. Thus, your donated dollar will be spent for such costs, in order to perpetuate more fund raising rather than to show the public how to solve a problem. Some of the biggest non-profits, names purposely not mentioned, but logic tells you who they are, are classic examples. In donating your dollar, you want to feel it goes to an entity that actually implements programs.
Great non-profits are Big Brothers/Sisters and AA. Proudly I include Body For The Ages Non Profit –we don’t just talk the talk, we walk the walk. Our targets are to build a body of your dreams, guaranteed weight loss and heart health…all with the mission to live your life to its maximum genetic lifespan.
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