Unintended consequences...or a plan.

[Ishmael]

Rural Hospitals becoming extinct.

I was under the impression that the rural poor were precisely among those that "ShuckNJiveCare" was designed to help. Obviously something was overlooked by the designer's of the law.

Or was it?

The distance one has to travel to receive medical care is directly proportional to the mortality rate. And it's axiomatic that the dead don't require medical attention.

Ishmael

 

[Que Va]

Rural Hospitals becoming extinct.

I was under the impression that the rural poor were precisely among those that "ShuckNJiveCare" was designed to help. Obviously something was overlooked by the designer's of the law.

Or was it?

The distance one has to travel to receive medical care is directly proportional to the mortality rate. And it's axiomatic that the dead don't require medical attention.

Ishmael

Well that and the fact that country folk don't vote Democrat enough, except of course for their own Farm Bill pork-wranglin' Senator.

 

[Busybody]

Obola has long been on record as against the rural and suburbs and forcing peeps into cities

easier to control

 

[phrodeau]

From 1990 to 1999, 186 rural hospitals closed. That's 18.6 per year.

http://www.aha.org/research/reports/tw/twjune2002.pdf

From January 2010 to today, 40 rural hospitals closed. That's 8.4 per year.

Fun with math!

 

[phrodeau]

This one sank like a stone after I pointed out a simple fact.

I'm a thread killah!

 

[Busybody]

From 1990 to 1999, 186 rural hospitals closed. That's 18.6 per year.

http://www.aha.org/research/reports/tw/twjune2002.pdf

From January 2000 to today, 40 rural hospitals closed. That's 8.4 per year.

Fun with math!

hnon responsive to OP

 

[Adre]

This one sank like a stone after I pointed out a simple fact.

I'm a thread killah!

How dare you contradict The Narrative.

 

[Boxlicker101]

From 1990 to 1999, 186 rural hospitals closed. That's 18.6 per year.

http://www.aha.org/research/reports/tw/twjune2002.pdf

From January 2000 to today, 40 rural hospitals closed. That's 8.4 per year.

Fun with math!

Where did you get that last figure? The link is dated 2002 and the statistics only go through 2000.

 

[phrodeau]

Where did you get that last figure? The link is dated 2002 and the statistics only go through 2000.

http://www.usatoday.com/longform/ne...-federal-reimbursement-medicaid-aca/18532471/

The graphic on this webpage. I meant January 2010 to now, since edited. The math is still valid. There are far fewer rural hospitals closing under Obamacare than there were before it.

 

[sigh]

Rural Hospitals becoming extinct.

I was under the impression that the rural poor were precisely among those that "ShuckNJiveCare" was designed to help. Obviously something was overlooked by the designer's of the law.

Or was it?

The distance one has to travel to receive medical care is directly proportional to the mortality rate. And it's axiomatic that the dead don't require medical attention.

Ishmael

This is yet another example of blaming the ACA for something that was going on for years before it was even passed into law, let alone put into effect. Everybody on the right seemed to ignore the disturbing trends in corporate health care until Obama came along, and remain blind to trending back prior to his coming into office.

There are real reasons not to support the ACA, but this is not an example of one.

 

[Busybody]

How dare you contradict The Narrative.

fucking asshole, Obola pussy eater didn't even bother reading the links

 

[Busybody]

OP is validated, Freak DOH gets smackdown

http://www.usatoday.com/longform/ne...-federal-reimbursement-medicaid-aca/18532471/

The graphic on this webpage. I meant January 2010 to now, since edited. The math is still valid. There are far fewer rural hospitals closing under Obamacare than there were before it.

clearly ANOTHER stooge that didn't read the LINK

(BTW, the MOST onerous parts of ObolaCare have NOT kicked in)


from the link


Since the beginning of 2010, 43 rural hospitals — with a total of more than 1,500 beds — have closed, according to data from the North Carolina Rural Health Research Program. The pace of closures has quickened: from 3 in 2010 to 13 in 2013, and 12 already this year. Georgia alone has lost five rural hospitals since 2012, and at least six more are teetering on the brink of collapse. Each of the state's closed hospitals served about 10,000 people — a lot for remaining area hospitals to absorb.

The Affordable Care Act was designed to improve access to health care for all Americans and will give them another chance at getting health insurance during open enrollment starting this Saturday. But critics say the ACA is also accelerating the demise of rural outposts that cater to many of society's most vulnerable. These hospitals treat some of the sickest and poorest patients — those least aware of how to stay healthy. Hospital officials contend that the law's penalties for having to re-admit patients soon after they're released are impossible to avoid and create a crushing burden.

 

[Busybody]

This is yet another example of blaming the ACA for something that was going on for years before it was even passed into law, let alone put into effect. Everybody on the right seemed to ignore the disturbing trends in corporate health care until Obama came along, and remain blind to trending back prior to his coming into office.

There are real reasons not to support the ACA, but this is not an example of one.

yet ANOTHER Obola lover oblivious to FACT

 

[phrodeau]

clearly ANOTHER stooge that didn't read the LINK

(BTW, the MOST onerous parts of ObolaCare have NOT kicked in)


from the link


Since the beginning of 2010, 43 rural hospitals — with a total of more than 1,500 beds — have closed, according to data from the North Carolina Rural Health Research Program. The pace of closures has quickened: from 3 in 2010 to 13 in 2013, and 12 already this year. Georgia alone has lost five rural hospitals since 2012, and at least six more are teetering on the brink of collapse. Each of the state's closed hospitals served about 10,000 people — a lot for remaining area hospitals to absorb.

The Affordable Care Act was designed to improve access to health care for all Americans and will give them another chance at getting health insurance during open enrollment starting this Saturday. But critics say the ACA is also accelerating the demise of rural outposts that cater to many of society's most vulnerable. These hospitals treat some of the sickest and poorest patients — those least aware of how to stay healthy. Hospital officials contend that the law's penalties for having to re-admit patients soon after they're released are impossible to avoid and create a crushing burden.

That still doesn't match the 18.6 per year in the 1990's, dumbass.

 

[PayDay]

http://www.usatoday.com/longform/ne...-federal-reimbursement-medicaid-aca/18532471/

The graphic on this webpage. I meant January 2010 to now, since edited. The math is still valid. There are far fewer rural hospitals closing under Obamacare than there were before it.

Obamacare has nothing to do with this, I think there is something else affecting the healthcare market. Phrodeau is onto something.

There have been alot of medical mergers, for instance, hospitals that were slated to close in my area were all bought by one company.

So now instead of separate hospitals, they were merged into 'regional health services centers' so nothing actually closed, it was just moved.

One company, South Jersey Healthcare, owns every hospital around my area. Individual Corporations own groups of hospitals in Philly as well.

That was good data phro, throws a kink into the 'blame game' works.

 

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[Busybody]

That still doesn't match the 18.6 per year in the 1990's, dumbass.

you clearly didn't read YOUR own link......read it DUMBASS

they closed CAUSE of declining admissions, population move.....and the trend was reversing

Until the MUSLIM OBOLA decided to shit in our Corn Flakes

 

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[PayDay]

Rural Hospitals becoming extinct.

I was under the impression that the rural poor were precisely among those that "ShuckNJiveCare" was designed to help. Obviously something was overlooked by the designer's of the law.

Or was it?

The distance one has to travel to receive medical care is directly proportional to the mortality rate. And it's axiomatic that the dead don't require medical attention.

Ishmael

I think a far more important factoid would be the insurance companies screaming hate at the ACA. It essentially puts them out of business unless they take corporate welfare, and it killed the free market health insurance industry, which was not in bad shape and often had lower costs than equal level ACA insurance that is also a tax and has to be physically renewed annually.

 

[Disgustipated]

I didn't notice any problems with my health care until Mexico decided to fill our emergency rooms with people with sore feet and children with runny noses.

Now go ahead and tell us you're not racist.

 

[sigh]

I didn't notice any problems with my health care until Mexico decided to fill our emergency rooms with people with sore feet and children with runny noses.

And that has what to do with the ACA?

ERs have been filled with sore feet and runny noses for longer than I've been in health care. That you just began to notice doesn't mean it wasn't happening.

 

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[Busybody]

I think a far more important factoid would be the insurance companies screaming hate at the ACA. It essentially puts them out of business unless they take corporate welfare, and it killed the free market health insurance industry, which was not in bad shape and often had lower costs than equal level ACA insurance that is also a tax and has to be physically renewed annually.

this isn't true at all

insurance company profit have soared un ObolaCare

 

[PayDay]

this isn't true at all

insurance company profit have soared un ObolaCare

Look harder. Look at the Aetna argument.

Some have, not all, and some don't want to.

 

[Busybody]

Look harder. Look at the Aetna argument.

Some have, not all, and some don't want to.

http://stockcharts.com/freecharts/gallery.html?s=aet