re: #251 Walter L. Newton

You have to love this health care proposal HR 3962. This is interesting language.

9 (b) REQUIREMENTS FOR INNOVATIVE PAYMENTS.—
10 The Secretary shall design and implement the payment
11 mechanisms and policies under this section in a manner
12 that—
13 (1) seeks to—
14 (A) improve health outcomes;
15 (B) reduce health disparities (including
16 racial, ethnic, and other disparities);
17 (C) provide efficient and affordable care;
18 (D) address geographic variation in the
19 provision of health services; or
20 (E) prevent or manage chronic illness; and
21 (2) promotes care that is integrated, patient
22 centered, quality, and efficient.

I can see the layers of and layers of bureaucracy that could result from this one section. And where did they come up with a term like “innovative payments?”

Talk among yourselves.

So if I can’t pay in cash, they’ll settle for…what? My first born male child?