Friday, February 26th, 2010 at
3:23 am
Many health care professionals fear that the proposed health care program under the Obama administration would mean budget cuts to the home health care sector. Among those to be affected by the proposed measure are the Charlotte home health care sector, it was learned.
Gary Thietten, founder of the Idaho Home Health & Hospice warned that the government’s efforts to continue introducing budget cuts to government-run insurance systems, including Medicare would adversely effect the services provided to home health and hospice patients.
He said that 2010 may be the most challenging year for many hospices and home health care industries, such as the Charlotte home health care, as Congress try to introduce a health care program under President Barrack Obama’s plan or providing a near-universal health care to majority of Americans.
The proposed budget cuts on the home health care will hit everybody where it hurts the most, even the government-subsidized health insurance system Medicare.
Democrat leaders in the U.S. Senate have suggested a $24 billion cut over the next 10 years in government subsidies to providers that care for homebound Medicare benefits. The lawmakers argue that imposing cuts on the home health care would be detrimental to the health care industry.
The Republicans said that a cut in home health care budget and channeling it to the genral population would put America's senior citizen to more risk and larger vulnerability.
Thitten said that the drastic changes in the Medicare services payment method has created a ripple effect across the nation. Idaho alone lost 30 percent of its providers."
He argued that the cutbacks in funding would have the same effect as the 1998 policy when the provider availability was reduced in the state. He warned that patients would lose access to home health care, but still the government would foot most of the bills as majority of displaced home health care patients will move to hospitals and other longer-term care options.
The National Association of Home Health Care and Hospice estimated the average per-visit Medicare charge for home health care at $132, compared to an average $5,765 daily charge for a hospital stay.
Thietten added he cannot understand the reasoning why the proposed cuts to home health care, such as the Charlotte home health care, are disproportionate to cuts affecting other providers.
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