David then conversely say how terrible it is. What you you can have it both ways. In 2009 prior to the passage of the aca the rates paid to Medicare Advantage plans exceeding that traditional medicare but about 18 . The aca required changes to Medicare Advantage payment rate to better align with the costs associated with traditional medicare. These changes were estimated by the Congressional Budget Office disabled a 135 billion over 10 years. So you cant have it both ways. Every time we identified a way to save money, my colleagues on the other side of the aisle say, this is so terrible, this is being cut, thats been cut, and then they claim that the aca is causing costs to rise. Cant have it both ways. According to the 2010 Medicare Payment Advisory Commission report to the congress, the 2009 medicare spent about 14 billion more than the fisheries beneficiaries enrolled in medicarMedicare Advantage plansn wouldve spent if they stayed in traditional medicare. I want to go along the lin
Sorry i had to excuse myself during the testimony. A couple points. One is i like myself and a handful of other staffers make sure that we were enrolled in our new Health Care Plan because we couldnt get confirmation. Fortunately i got confirmation that im finding out like everybody else i have less coverage at a higher cost. The concern is as it is exhibited by the constituents on Medicare Advantage we will see the same thing of her in Medicare Advantage and so i think that this is a timely hearing because its like Everything Else in this new movement of health care. Everybody is going to get less coverage and higher cost, no matter who you are or where you are in this country because of these before. I was hearing the committee went secretary sebelius affirmed that the fact that they double counted the 500 million. You can just check the transcript and check the testimony. It took five minutes to get out of. About in the end, she said we double counted because we had a 500 billion of
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Homestead Advisers Corp lifted its stake in shares of Permian Resources Co. (NASDAQ:PR – Free Report) by 7.4% in the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 243,300 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 16,800 shares during the period. Homestead Advisers Corp’s holdings in Permian Resources were worth $3,309,000 at the […]