The world would be a much better place if people had listened to Tom last August: Now some elite opinion favors Ben Bernanke’s reappointment, but politicians are irritated over Fed…

by Tom aka Rusty The Trouble with Cost Containment Long-term care facilities face multiple pressures thwarting cost containment attempts. The nursing homes have three types of patients: rehab: typically younger…

…profits and as a way to keep their producers happy by making their job easier. (The MBS slice-and-dice system that Tom Marano had wanted five years before, and been promised…

by Tom aka Rusty Rustbelt Health Care Provider Taxes An under-the-radar tax funding scheme is the prevalence of health care providers taxes. Our most current information indicates 44 state have…

Tom aka Rusty Rustbelt The Changing Face of Health Care Fraud Every President since Gerald Ford has campaigned against Medicare and Medicaid “waste, fraud and abuse.” Ditto many people campaigning…

by Tom aka Rusty Rustbelt Medicaid Dilemmas – Part 1 Medicaid is a federal/state program covering poor people, with general services for all ages and long-term care (nursing home) services…

…can refuse to have it. Ezra Klein and Senator Maria Cantwell October 1 2009 EK Can they opt out? MC States can opt out. Senator Tom Carper too October 1…

by Tom aka Rusty Rustbelt How malpractice drives health care costs. This is a bullet point narrative, representing a long time line, but illustrates what happens to drive health care…

by Tom aka Rusty Rustbelt Co-ops. Workable? The compromise to the “public plan,” as Robert points out in an earlier post, is the creation of co-ops (Robert wants to set…

by Tom aka Rusty The Doomsday Scenario So why are conservatives so excited about health care reform? Many see the progressive left pushing a gradual move to the Doomsday Scenario,…