Senate Clears Way for Home Health Care Cuts

[babsbunny]

Senate Clears Way for Home Health Care Cuts

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/06/health/policy/06health.html?em

By ROBERT PEAR
Published: December 5, 2009

WASHINGTON — Snowflakes swirled around the Capitol on Saturday, whipped by wintry winds, but on the Senate floor inside, a heated debate raged as Democrats and Republicans traded jabs over legislation to achieve President Obama’s goal of near-universal health insurance coverage.

By a vote of 53 to 41, the Senate on Saturday rejected a Republican effort to block cutbacks in payments to home health agencies that provide nursing care and therapy to homebound Medicare beneficiaries.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

1. That seems like one of the dumbest possible cuts

I never thought I'd say this, but I'm with the Republicans on this one. Home health care is much cheaper than putting someone in a nursing home.

Another example of the contortions that everyone is going through to avoid the simplest solution: single payer.

[babylonsister]

2. Gawd, the rethugs sound so evil. nt

[leftstreet]

3. WTF??! Tell me I'm reading this wrong

The DEMOCRATS are trying to cut home care

and

the REPUBLICANS are trying to save it?

:wtf:

[babylonsister]

4. Dems 'rejected'. nt

[jtrockville]

5. Seems the NYTimes only told half the story. CNN has the other half

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=433x40988

[OHdem10]

6. This is more about Medicare Reform and I hate to say it but

the Democrats are beginning to look like Conservative Republicans.

I thought we wanted Medicare for everyone. At this rate, I do not know
about that???

[HughMoran]

8. Probably want to do a bit more research before you react to this dishonest news story

Look up "Kerry" and "Saturday"

[Thickasabrick]

7. I thought Kerry introduced something that passed that took care of

that.