Posted by
Billy email MADBillyD@aol.com on Friday, July 10, 2009 12:26:30 PM
Vice President Joe Biden announced Wednesday that hospital executives have agreed give up $155 billion in future Medicare and Medicaid payments to help defray the cost of President Obama's government-run healthcare plan. The White House also says healthcare providers have promised $2 trillion in savings over the next decade.
James Lansberry is vice president of
Samaritan Ministries International. Lansberry, a supporter of patient-centered healthcare reform, says the Obama administration is going to be working overtime to get some of the stakeholders back to the table
.
He points out that while the American Hospital Association has not yet weighed in "vehemently" against the new plan, the American Medical Association has. "And the insurance companies are talking about...being against the new government option that's coming out," he adds.
The government's proposal for healthcare reform, he says, faces a difficult fight against the likes of the AMA and health insurers. "They're all going to be looking to try to preserve themselves," Lansberry explains, "and I think that as Americans we need to be looking for how to preserve the overall freedom of individual choice in healthcare -- and not looking for ways that the government can get their fingers into more parts of the pie."
(The above is just another reason we need to fight this White House on those on the left who want to force Uncle Sam run health care down our backs. Read more on this issue by clicking
right here.)