Politico reports today that "Physician Hospitals of America says that construction had to stop at 45 hospitals nationwide or they would not be able to bill Medicare for treatments." Stopping construction at doctor-owned hospitals might not seem like the best way to boost the economy or to promote greater access and choice in health care, but that exactly what Obamacare is doing.45 more good reasons to repeal this mess.
Kenneth Artz of the Heartland Institute explains, "Section 6001 of the health care law effectively bans new physician-owned hospitals (POHs) from starting up, and it keeps existing ones from expanding." Politico adds, "Friday [New Year's Eve] marked the last day physician-owned hospitals could get Medicare certification covering their new or expanded hospitals, one of the latest provisions of the reform law to go into effect."
Tuesday, January 04, 2011
Obamacare Killing Hospitals
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Reading the article at the link, it appears that large hospitals lobbied congress to include section 6001 in order to eliminate their smaller competition.
The doctors who haven't yet built their own hospitals will be forced to rent space at established hospitals if they want to take part in Medicare -60% of their business.
I wonder how much the University of Chicago Medical Center stands to gain.
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