Obamacare Can Kill

Congress, and its MedPAC, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, were first a time upset about Obama care, and guess... what... for good reason. They penalize hospitals for readmissions --- then you die when you are not readmitted. What a way to do healthcare.

said the WaPo:

MedPAC found that hospitals where fewer than 3% of Medicare patients were low income received an average penalty of 0.21%. Hospitals where more than 18% of Medicare patients were low income had an average penalty more than twice that, of 0.45%. Penalties can be a drain on safety-net hospitals, many of which operate on slim profits or at a loss.