Nope. Nope nope nope.
Okay, let me explain. I work at a hospital, and this is a really bad deal for us.
Right now, as it is, Medicaid/Medicare isn't paying hospitals. They're literally millions of dollars behind in payments. And hospitals have to accept Medicaid/Medicare patients or they lose their status. And then because of this healthcare act, there's going to be thousands (maybe millions, I haven't looked up the exact numbers) more people on Medicare/Medicaid. Okay. So what's going to happen is that hospitals are going to stop admitting people that can take care of themselves, but could benefit from hospital care, and instead, they'll be sent to daily clinics, or home health. Like someone with a diabetic foot ulcer would be sent to a daily wound clinic, when really, they would benefit from the around the clock hospital monitoring. And hospitals are going to start charging for every single little thing, like bandages, IV pumps, scalpels, all the little stuff that isn't currently charged.
What I'm saying is, if Medicare/Medicaid was paying their bills and keeping up, sure. This would be a good deal. But they're not. And it's going to bring down a lot of small hospitals.