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Lately the big question on everyone’s mind is, “What will happen if the ACA is repealed?” In this week’s issue of the Pulse we are going to take this question one step further and explore how it could affect your healthcare business. It’s no secret that the Trump administration and the Republican controlled Congress are will attempt to repeal Obama Care, possibly beginning with the law’s insurance premium tax credits and expansion of Medicaid eligibility.
The Boston Globe reports, A Harvard Medical School study suggests that changing the way doctors are paid could narrow some of the health disparities between poorer and wealthier patients.
As stated in Forbes, late last year, while most of the world was distracted by the national election, House Republicans advanced their agenda on a Medicare "reform plan." Don't be fooled by the mashing of "reform" into a program that covers nearly 70 million people. The Republicans want to eventually privatize it, raise the eligibility age and cut benefits.
According to Boston.com, the speed of Republican efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act has stunned health industry lobbyists, leaving representatives of insurance companies, hospitals, doctors and pharmaceutical makers in disarray and struggling for a response to a legislative quick strike that would upend much of the American health care system.
Reported by The Common Wealth Fund, President-elect Donald Trump and Republican leaders of Congress seek to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA)—also known as Obamacare—in 2017. A likely strategy is to repeal two key elements of the health reform law: the insurance premium tax credits and the expansion of Medicaid eligibility. A bill passed by Congress in 2015 (H.R. 3762) sought to do just that beginning in 2018—with no replacement plan—but it was vetoed by President Obama. The new Congress could pass a repeal bill in early 2017 but not develop a replacement bill until later.
According to a recent article published in the American Banker, women are less likely to secure a loan through traditional banks. The article states, “Although women own a third of U.S. small businesses, they get less than 20% of the loans made through the bank-centric, federally backed system.” It goes on to say that “only 5.5% of women business owners obtain commercial loans of any kind from banks or other financial institutions to start or acquire their businesses, compared with 11.4% of male business owners.”
According to American Banker, the problem: Though women own a third of U.S. small businesses, they get less than 20% of the loans made through the bank-centric, federally backed system that distributes a lot of credit to such firms.
Recently published in Forbes, you can’t open an industry publication today without reading how technology is improving healthcare. The walls of paper records that used to dominate physician offices are giving way to cloud-based electronic health records (EHRs). The bring your own device (BYOD) movement has empowered caregivers to use medical apps on their phones and tablets in the workplace. 3D printers are creating models for surgical planning and even making custom implants. Robots are assisting surgeons and physical therapists. Gene mapping is opening new horizons for individualized care.
Reported by The Hill, It has been widely reported that President-elect Trump’s nomination of Rep. Tom Price, an orthopedic surgeon, to be the next secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), and Seema Verma to be the next administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), has drawn many cheers from Republicans eager to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.