Hospitals to lose $100 million because of turkey hangovers and technical mistakes in ObamaCare law because nobody read it, but mostly technical mistakes in ObamaCare law because nobody read it

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Hospitals to lose $100 million because of turkey hangovers and technical mistakes in ObamaCare law because nobody read it, but mostly technical mistakes in ObamaCare law because nobody read it: "This is what happens when our elected 'leaders' scoff at the very notion of actually reading what the heck they're voting on (Video of MI Rep. John Conyers: 'I'm not going to do my job. Screw actually reading the bills!'):

From the Boston Globe via memeorandum: Health law snag may cost hospitals

Courtesy of William Teach

Partisan tensions on Capitol Hill are delaying efforts to fix an error in the federal health care law that could cost Children’s Hospital Boston and others like it millions of dollars in added drug costs.

Correcting the error would require changing just 47 words in the 1,880-page law, a task that a previous Congress might have accomplished in an afternoon. Instead, with Republicans fighting to repeal the health care bill rather than fix it and Democrats loath to acknowledge its flaws, months have passed with no resolution, and prospects for one in the lame-duck session are limited.

“We’re using expensive drugs for really sick kids,’’ said Joshua Greenberg, vice president of government relations at Children’s Hospital.

“What children’s hospitals are saying to the Senate is: This needs to be fixed, and it needs to be fixed this session.’’

The error was a simple and unintentional omission in the final, frenetic days of drafting the landmark legislation and reconciling House and Senate versions. Con gressional staff intended to allow children’s hospitals continued access to the portion of a federal program that offers below-market prices on 347 specific medicines for rare, life-threatening conditions. But that language was accidentally altered.

“It was a drafting error,’’ said a congressional aide familiar with the writing of the bill but not authorized to speak publicly.

“Everybody on every side of the issue thinks it should be fixed.’’

...The Boston hospital, one of nearly 30 across the country with this problem, estimates the mistake will cost between $1.5 million and $3 million annually. Nationally, the problem costs children’s hospitals about $100 million annually, according to Kaufman.

ObamaCare is also unintentionally forcing providers to merge hurting consumers, increasing costs. We continue to keep finding out about ObamaCare and it's all bad. Insurance premiums are increasing even faster than they would have if ObamaCare hadn't passed (Connecticut is seeing a 47% increase this year, Boeing is paring back healthcare benefits for its employees, while even the White House admits that seniors will see higher costs and less benefits, and 700,000 seniors are losing their coverage as a result. Hospitals in Indiana are laying off staff citing ObamaCare. Also, there was this: CNN: Cost of your health plan to rise 14%, the opposite of what Obama promised in runup to ObamaCare), and Obama's minions are threatening insurance companies with bankruptcy for even hinting that ObamaCare is the cause (it is). Local cities like Mount Clemens MI are about to go bankrupt because of the increased cost of ObamaCare. That's in spite of the fact that Democrats have abandoned the claim that ObamaCare will reduce cost and deficit. Detroit area health insurance to jump 8.9% in 2011 due to ObamaCare. Texas is considering seceding from Medicaid entirely so they don't go into the red. The Obama regime via the FDA is deep-sixing miracle cancer drugs that extend life because they cost too much (ObamaCare begins early: FDA may pull Avastin approval OVER COST CONCERNS). The establishment media is admitting that you will end up seeing nurse practitioners, not doctors, for care. Insurance companies are being forced to cut coverage plans, the law is creating a huge doctor shortage, is cutting Medicare reimbursement rates thus removing doctors from the system via attrition, and to boot even the CBO admits that it discourages work. Obama's cronies are being exempted from the law via waivers. It's going to put small businesses out of business:

Every time socialized medicine has been tried, it's been a proven failure. ObamaCare is no different except that it can still be repealed before it's too late.

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