May 05
The US has charged over 100 individuals in the largest Medicare fraud crackdown to date. The falsely submitted billings total over $450 million, approximately $60 million of which had been paid out. The number of doctors, nurses, social workers and various other support personnel involved in this sweep demonstrates the pervasive nature of the fraud …
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Mar 31
In discussions surrounding the Affordable Care Act, some have suggested that healthy people will not get insurance without an individual mandate. However, that assumption has never been tested and is contradicted by certain phenomena. Healthy people know that accidents, natural disasters, and violence hit healthy people too. If you talk to uninsured people why they …
Permanent link to this article: http://betweenthenumbers.net/2012/03/the-untested-assumption-regarding-the-individual-mandate/
Mar 21
On March 13, 2012, in connection with the President’s budget proposals, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and the Congressional Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) revised estimates of the impact of the Affordable Care Act (ACA – aka ObamaCare). One of the key questions is how many employers will give up on providing health care insurance …
Permanent link to this article: http://betweenthenumbers.net/2012/03/aca-will-force-even-more-employers-to-drop-health-insurance/
Feb 10
Earlier today, President Obama attempted to “accommodate” religious organizations that are otherwise forced to violate their religious tenants. (See here for details) under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). Prior to this “accommodation”, religious organizations claimed that the HHS regulations are unconstitutional by denying religious liberties under the First Amendment. According to the President, …
Permanent link to this article: http://betweenthenumbers.net/2012/02/religious-organizations-are-not-that-dumb/
Feb 04
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a final regulation on January 20. The rule requires nearly all employers to provide their employees access to health insurance that covers artificial contraception, the “morning after” pill that induces an abortion, sterilization services, and educational support for these “health care” options. The now-issued regulations were …
Permanent link to this article: http://betweenthenumbers.net/2012/02/obama-administration-directly-violates-religious-freedom/
Jul 06
Two different reports by reputable consulting firms each conclude that more than half of employers will eliminate or change their existing health care plans. The two reports focus on entirely different reasons for the predicted changes. Because of the combined effects of the two reported challenges, there will be few employer-paid health care plans that …
Permanent link to this article: http://betweenthenumbers.net/2011/07/combined-two-studies-predict-the-collapse-of-employer-provided-health-coverage-under-obamacare/
May 03
Recently, someone very close to me was diagnosed with metastatic cancer. When something like that happens, you do a lot of research on a whole range of subjects. One of these subjects is medical marijuana. As primary caregiver, I needed to research medical marijuana since so much of the responsibility would be falling on me. I can’t grow …
Permanent link to this article: http://betweenthenumbers.net/2011/05/medical-marijuanas-quotation-marks/
May 03
Recently, someone very close to me was diagnosed with metastatic cancer. When something like that happens, you do a lot of research on a whole range of subjects. One of these subjects is medical marijuana. As primary caregiver, I needed to research medical marijuana since so much of the responsibility would be falling on me. I can’t grow …
Permanent link to this article: http://betweenthenumbers.net/2011/05/medical-marijuanas-quotation-marks-2/
Feb 25
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released a required annual Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Program report. The report showed that the government’s health care fraud prevention and enforcement efforts recovered more than $4 billion in taxpayer dollars in fiscal year 2010. This is the highest annual amount ever recovered.
Permanent link to this article: http://betweenthenumbers.net/2011/02/federal-health-care-fraud-enforcement-efforts-recover-record-amounts/
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Apr 15
Religious leaders think little of President Obama’s PPACA “Accommodation”
Commentary, Health Care
by David Nolte
April 15, 2012
I wrote to my elected federal officials indicating my thoughts of the Obama Administration’s rule-making under the PPACA (aka ObamaCare) with respect to requiring religious hospitals to support free abortions and contraceptive care. I understand that contraception and abortions are legal, and that those desiring such items have the legal right to receive them. But, …
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