On May 7, the Obama administration boasted that ObamaCare was
improving health-care quality for seniors, and it pulled out a bag of
statistical tricks to prove it. But a closer look shows that it’s not
improving care. It’s skimping on it, socking seniors with unexpected
bills for “observation care” and likely shortening their lives.
President Obama’s Department of Health and Human Services announced that fewer seniors discharged from the hospital are returning for additional care within a month’s time. HHS claims that this drop in “readmissions,” from 18.5 percent in 2012 to 17.5 percent in 2013, signals quality improvement.
Nonsense. The 50 best hospitals according to US News & World Report’s Best Hospitals annual rankings have above-average readmission rates.
http://nypost.com/2014/05/18/obamacare-risks-for-the-elderly/
President Obama’s Department of Health and Human Services announced that fewer seniors discharged from the hospital are returning for additional care within a month’s time. HHS claims that this drop in “readmissions,” from 18.5 percent in 2012 to 17.5 percent in 2013, signals quality improvement.
Nonsense. The 50 best hospitals according to US News & World Report’s Best Hospitals annual rankings have above-average readmission rates.
http://nypost.com/2014/05/18/obamacare-risks-for-the-elderly/
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