'Doc Fix' Just Got More Expensive (AMA Sleeps with Obama and gets fleas)
Posted by admin / Under Medicare (Australia)
Permanent repeal of the flawed Medicare payment formula known as the sustainable growth rate just got a lot more expensive. According to the Congressional Budget Office, which released its new Budget and Economic Outlook report on Tuesday morning, a 10-year repeal of the growth-rate formula that froze doctors' rates at current levels would cost $316 billion, compared with $290 billion when CBO last calculated the rate in November. The difference may make permanent repeal of the formula--always a long shot--even less palatable to lawmakers.
Published on Tuesday 7th of February 2012 10:09:37 AM
Blood Money-Mitt Romney
Posted by admin / Under Medicare (Australia)
Debating in Tampa, Florida in late-January, while falsely characterizing Newt Gingrich’s income from his government consulting work, Mitt Romney denied that Bain did “any work with the government like Medicaid and Medicare”. Now we learn that Bain, under Romney’s “supervision”, purchased and ran the Damon Corporation, who pled guilty to Federal conspiracy charges as a result of tens of millions of dollars in systemic Medicare fraud committed under Romney’s and Bain’s control. Damon was fined over $119-million which was, at the time, the largest criminal healthcare fine in Massachusetts history and Mr. Romney’s participation was characterized in 1996 by Corporate...
Published on Tuesday 7th of February 2012 10:09:37 AM
Romney Was Manager and Board Member of Corp Guilty of Medicare Fraud (More info - the sauce thickens
Posted by admin / Under Medicare (Australia)
Debating in Tampa Florida this month, Mitt Romney strongly denied that his investment company Bain Capital did "any work with the government like Medicaid and Medicare." However, under Romney's "supervision," Bain purchased and ran the Damon Corporation which pled guilty to Federal conspiracy charges - as a result of tens of millions in systemic Medicare fraud... According to a cited Forbes report, in 1989, Bain Capital purchased controlling interest in Damon Corp. a medical testing company located in Needham, Massachusetts. "During the time that Bain held its ownership of the company, Mitt Romney personally sat on the board of directors.."...
Published on Tuesday 7th of February 2012 10:09:37 AM
Romney Faces Medicare Attacks in Florida [Romney Accuses Gingrich of Using "Obama Playbook"]
Posted by admin / Under Medicare (Australia)
Romney Faces Medicare Attacks in Florida By Alan Silverleib January 27 (CNN) -- GOP presidential front-runners Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich barnstormed across Florida on Friday, trying to rally supporters and break away in the polls four days before what is shaping up to be a pivotal primary in that state. The morning after a heated CNN/Florida Republican Party debate in Jacksonville, a pro-Gingrich super PAC hit the airwaves with a television ad essentially accusing Romney of committing Medicare fraud. One of Gingrich's top Florida backers, former state Attorney General Bill McCollum, also raised questions about Romney's past service on...
Published on Tuesday 7th of February 2012 10:09:37 AM
Tens of Millions of Dollars in Systemic Medicare Fraud Committed Under Romney's and Bain's control
Posted by admin / Under Medicare (Australia)
Winning Our Future | Blood Money [FULL] - YouTube
Published on Tuesday 7th of February 2012 10:09:37 AM
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