ACA pays Docs and Hospitals to deny care

[Techmomof2]

http://www.forbes.com/sites/theapotheca ... 37c0282064

One of the stated goals of proponents of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was to prevent patients from being denied health care so that others could increase their profits. As then-candidate Obama put it, one of his goals was “making sure that they are limited in the ability to extract profits and deny coverage” (video).

Now, one of the lesser-known provisions of the ACA calls for the federal government to pay physicians and hospitals bonuses if they deny health care to seniors and the disabled – and even encourages them to form local monopolies to make it harder for them to find alternative sources of care. And most patients won’t even know that’s the reason they are being denied care.

Section 3022 of the ACA establishes the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP). The MSSP establishes the notion of Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs). These are groups of health care providers (hospitals, physicians, other providers) who join together for purposes of a obtaining bonus payments based on their participation in the MSSP and Medicare fee-for-service incentive program.

[awesome guy]

Another LIV talking point of no death panels goes down in flames n

[BigDave]

They're not death panels - they're just panels of people that deny care to seniors, contributing to their deaths.

[HokieJoe]

They're not death panels - they're just panels of people that deny care to seniors, contributing to their deaths.

It is an important distinction.