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othershoe1030 wrote:60 Minutes Sunday had a piece about hospitals pressuring doctors to admit more patients who come to the ER to boost profits. Some had management software that automatically added a list of tests if the patient was 65 or older. The doctors were protesting because the policy had nothing to do with helping patients get better but only to make more money.
So, a contributing factor to higher and higher medical expenses is over testing and over admitting so the hospitals can make more money. Then they turn around and point to the ACA as the culprit when it turns out, once again, to be the greedy business people jacking up the cost!
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18560_162-57556670/hospitals-the-cost-of-admission/
Damn can't believe they are doing that....they should just continue to lose money because of DRG's, insurance company's refusal to pay, and the uninsured that have no intention of paying their bill. That is part of the reason why the cost of medical care has risen.
HOSPITALS HAVE TO PAY THEIR BILLS....REGARDLESS OF LOST REVENUE FROM THE ABOVE PROBLEMS LISTED.