Comments on: “States fear that five words in Obama health law will open door to lawsuits”

By: Bumper

Bumper — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 00:44:42 +0000

Unless the federal government conscripts physicians there soon won’t enough of doctors to treat the nation’s Medicaid and Medicare patients.

Which may have been the plan all along.

By: GregS

GregS — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 14:34:39 +0000

Maybe the intention of this is to be a backdoor way of forcing the states to increase their Medicaid reimbursement rates to physicians, while ensuring that the additional cost doesn’t show up on the federal government’s books.

By: Jim Collins

Jim Collins — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 12:24:42 +0000

Is this by error or design? The trial lawyers groups seemed to be in favor of this fustercluck of a bill. I wonder if there are any more legal booby traps in there?

By: PointOfLaw Forum

PointOfLaw Forum — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 09:39:09 +0000

“States fear that five words in Obama health law will open door to lawsuits”…

“Tucked away on page 466” is a provision that quietly replaces states’ obligation to make sure doctors are paid to deliver services to the poor with a new obligation to make sure the services are in fact delivered. “‘With the……