tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post3071998553607736331..comments2024-03-28T09:46:22.919-04:00Comments on Borepatch: Why you will always have dead people on the Medicaid and welfare rolesBorepatchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05029434172945099693noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-92134348399064681462014-04-23T10:40:58.213-04:002014-04-23T10:40:58.213-04:00I am just wondering about the timing. I can easil...I am just wondering about the timing. I can easily see 12 million as the cost of paying the final medical bills of people who were alive but died before the bill was processed. The payment is actually to a doctor or hospital that performed legitimate treatment where the patient died soon after.<br /><br />I am not arguing that there is plenty of fraud and abuse in this system, just wondering if this is really an example of it or a misinterpretation of the data. If i had the raw data, I could dig into this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-57129701208982138412014-04-22T23:14:31.819-04:002014-04-22T23:14:31.819-04:00Yep, they're the closest thing to Perpetual Mo...Yep, they're the closest thing to Perpetual Motion devised yet!drjimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647484115197408897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-66254277444488211552014-04-22T18:05:14.976-04:002014-04-22T18:05:14.976-04:00+1 on Dave H, and that is the damn truth... Gettin...+1 on Dave H, and that is the damn truth... Getting rid of ANY bureaucracy is damn near impossible, as is any downsizing of the same...Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-52688553267328732014-04-22T17:14:14.656-04:002014-04-22T17:14:14.656-04:00Like they say in the consulting business, "If...Like they say in the consulting business, "If you're not part of the solution, there's money to be made by prolonging the problem."<br /><br />What we need is a government whose first priority is to put itself out of work. If they could permanently solve the kinds of problems governments are supposed to solve, I'd gladly help pay them a massive bribe to quit afterwards.Dave Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04813274491601970838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-72773566277960303182014-04-22T16:38:19.278-04:002014-04-22T16:38:19.278-04:00Your winnings, Monseur.
I wonder how many of thos...Your winnings, Monseur.<br /><br />I wonder how many of those deceased Medicaid recipients also voted. I'm guessing they might be a crucial constituency. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com