Fiscal Cliff

Re: Frank Apisa (Post 5228242)


Obama is sort of a God, the Messiah, the anointed one, the dear ruler, the president and he isn't capable of coming up with a plan.

Fire him.

Re: parados (Post 5228255)
Parasite, A2Ks under informed Moron

Re: Frank Apisa (Post 5228263)


No kidding, you voted for Obama?

I knew you were an idiot... appreciate the confirmation.

The Republicans have already indicated their desire to address the unsustainable growth of entitlement spending, including Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, and, as well to cut discretionary spending

The Republicans have already indicated their desire to address the unsustainable growth of entitlement spending, including Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, and, as well to cut discretionary spending

georgeob1 wrote:

The Republicans have already indicated their desire to address the unsustainable growth of entitlement spending, including Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, and, as well to cut discretionary spending

Obama has pushed medical professionals to use electronic record keeping in hospitals and clinics, in order to save money ( primarily medicare and medicaid. Guess what? It didn't.

georgeob1 wrote:

The Republicans have already indicated their desire to address the unsustainable growth of entitlement spending, including Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, and, as well to cut discretionary spending

Obama has pushed medical professionals to use electronic record keeping in hospitals and clinics, in order to save money ( primarily medicare and medicaid. Guess what? It didn't.

I'm not surprised, every single time Obama has claimed a savings of
X when selling another stupid plan it ends up costing two times more.

I'll bite. How can the growth in Medicare be fixed?

the provisions in Obamacare haven't even taken effect yet.

The last time the nation faced this threat, in the summer of 2011, Treasury's staff felt that delaying payments was the "least harmful" of the "very bad options," according to a Treasury inspector general's report. The department would pay the first day's bills only once it collected enough to pay them all. Under such a plan, however, the delayed payments would cascade, increasing exponentially.

"Because the U.S. operates at a deficit, payment delays under such a regime would have quickly worsened each day the debt limit remained at its limit, potentially causing great hardships to millions of Americans and harm to the economy," the inspector general wrote in his report on the 2011 debt-ceiling fight.

On Wednesday, the Bipartisan Policy Center think tank sketched out what this could look like. If the country reaches the debt ceiling on Feb. 15, the first day in the BPC's prediction, the bills owed that day would be delayed by five days. The seventh day's bills would be delayed by a week. By day 15, money owed would take half-a-month to be paid out.

It may not sound terrible, but the consequences could be severe, the BPC explains:

"Both the first- and second-order effects of such a delay would be very tangible: A senior who depends on Social Security benefits and has no other source of income might be unable to pay rent when due; a physician who treats many Medicare and Medicaid patients may be unable to meet payroll for nurses and administrative staff; a small government contractor may be unable to pay a subcontractor on time; a family depending on its tax refund to make a credit-card payment might incur a substantial interest expense; and a member of the military whose paycheck is delayed might miss a mortgage payment, incurring penalties."

increase the age of benefit

roger wrote:

I'll bite. How can the growth in Medicare be fixed?

There are many ways to stop the growth in Medicare costs. One way is stop ordering expensive tests, when less expensive tests can do the job.

Another way is to Rx generic drugs, where available, in place of Brand name drugs.

Appy common sense to the practice of medicine at all levels. For instance, do 90+ year old females really need to have pap tests and mammograms each and every year?