Wait, are you talking about the same Prop 52 that the rest of us are voting on? Because while I'd certainly agree it should never have been a ballot measure in the first place, a no vote on 52 is a vote against poor and underserved communities :(
In simplest terms, Prop 52 tithes hospitals, the money goes into a central pot, is matched by dollars from the federal government, and then redistributed to hospitals based on the share of Medi-Cal and other publicly insured patients they see, because the rates paid by public insurance don't come near to covering the actual realized expenses for those patients, especially among those with very complex illnesses.
At a non-profit hospital, whose patient population is 75%-80% publicly insured and often highly complex, the provider fee translates to millions of dollars in otherwise lost revenue. And put plainly, we are fucked without it. And not in any of the fun ways.
Don't know if you've voted early, but if not, could I possibly cajole you to reconsider your vote on that issue? And if it's too late, I figure I may as well leave this comment here in case anyone else is looking for perspectives :)
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Date: 2016-11-06 07:15 pm (UTC)In simplest terms, Prop 52 tithes hospitals, the money goes into a central pot, is matched by dollars from the federal government, and then redistributed to hospitals based on the share of Medi-Cal and other publicly insured patients they see, because the rates paid by public insurance don't come near to covering the actual realized expenses for those patients, especially among those with very complex illnesses.
At a non-profit hospital, whose patient population is 75%-80% publicly insured and often highly complex, the provider fee translates to millions of dollars in otherwise lost revenue. And put plainly, we are fucked without it. And not in any of the fun ways.
Don't know if you've voted early, but if not, could I possibly cajole you to reconsider your vote on that issue? And if it's too late, I figure I may as well leave this comment here in case anyone else is looking for perspectives :)