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| Feds Threaten To Cut Aid To Hospitals With Overweight Employees |
| 2010-08-16 |
| The issue of Medicaid and Medicare reimbursement could become a weighty issue with employees at Ohio Valley Medical Center and East Ohio Regional Hospital. The employees were informed by letter this week of a proposal currently before the Health Care Reform Bill Commission. Just another "little noticed" provision in Obamacare ... That proposal would cut Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement to hospitals where more than 5 percent of hospital employees are found to be 25 percent heavier than generally accepted height and weight guidelines. Employees would have three years to lose extra weight before such a measure would take effect. The proposal has yet to be officially drafted into any kind of law. Time for torches and pitchforks yet? |
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