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Dr. Jane Hughes, Ophthalmologist, on the Obama Administration’s warning that overturning health-care reform could disrupt Medicare payments.
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It's already amassed what about continues that's always good having thank -- Well thank you so much for having me what do you make of their argument that this doesn't go through or the Supreme Court mixes it.
Midway through its implementation.
There's going to be held.
Well the Medicare situation right now is already in a downward spiral let's take for example the fact that the Arizona Mayo Clinic.
No longer accepts Medicare patients after losing about a 150 million dollars over -- two year period.
So I'd say we're pretty much -- Situation of chaos -- idiots.
So.
It's that the situation.
Now is bad enough -- without the don't go up to mark to be might make you more complicated.
But -- we do come back even and it's thrown out abductor would come back to up.
A pretty.
Beastly medic medical system in this country -- I mean prices unwieldy and going up.
Procedures all over the map what.
It is that's what the administration's talking about be careful what you wish for because we'll return to.
It's -- premiums run and away anyway will return to the price of that care running away anyway.
So it's not going to be your -- It's an -- -- -- Well I don't think it's a truthful statement to say that if the Obama care lie is repealed or ruled unconstitutional that it's gonna wreak Havoc on the Medicare program.
We all understand our health care system needs reform and first and foremost that reform needs to happen with Medicare.
Which is doomed -- insurance as it stands now it's -- to be bankrupt in nine years so we have a situation that needs attention.
And actually the administration had two years.
In which they had a carte Blanche to be just about anything they want and they could've fixed it.
Yeah and by the way the president's plan itself apart calls -- not Medicare to go another.
Catherine bucks in the red of the futures so there is something -- is -- I guess from your position as a doctor though hasn't affected have you.
Give care or are -- secure your basins many doctors I know it said look.
Here uniforms you figure it out we can.
They've cut back in their administrative staffs that more or less left him with their pace at stake in -- what would if -- Well if you're talking about the Medicare component.
The Medicare impact with the new -- so far has been fairly minimal.
But the effect of the law his bed to.
-- haven't gotten the entire health care system because no one knows what's going to happen.
And let's face -- if the administration was so concerned about the chaos at the law's going to be repealed or ruled unconstitutional.
They could've put a moratorium on the implementation.
And tell the Supreme Court ruling is available or really until the 2012 election because full implementation is -- -- -- after twenty.
We're right about that -- that it would point out of its workers -- don't mind.
I've heard that the Supreme Court could vote -- Mix do you know an automatic mandate.
On -- everyone has to go and purchase insurance.
President had -- wanted to kill the whole thing.
Because to keep just.
The mandate thing out.
Means the beast is still there are a -- have to stay -- The -- through it and and not just the mandatory coverage part of it to agree with that.
I totally agree with that I think it has to be a two pronged attack I think the best thing that could happen for Medicare is repeal -- the entire bill.
It's gonna have to be repealed legislatively.
And let's -- the Supreme Court rules that the individual mandate is unconstitutional.
Moon moon -- a couple of months maybe next.
Thank you doctor very good seeing.
