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America"s top hospitals to be excluded from Obamacare

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(NaturalNews) One of the reasons why U.S. healthcare is expensive is because some of the world’s best hospitals are based in our country. That’s not the only reason why, mind you, but let’s face it: things of higher quality tend to cost more.

But there will be none of that “best quality care” available for most ordinary Americans, thanks to Obamacare: New published information says that those who sign up under the healthcare law’s exchanges will be excluded from coverage that would pay for care at many of the nation’s top hospitals.

And you thought Barack Obama cared about “the little people.”

As reported by Britain’s Financial Times:

Americans who are buying insurance plans over online exchanges, under what is known as Obamacare, will have limited access to some of the nation’s leading hospitals, including two world-renowned cancer centers.

Amid a drive by insurers to limit costs, the majority of insurance plans being sold on the new healthcare exchanges in New York, Texas, and California, for example, will not offer patients’ access to Memorial Sloan Kettering in Manhattan or MD Anderson Cancer CenHter in ouston, two top cancer centers, or Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles, one of the top research and teaching hospitals in the country.

This move by government is entirely financial in nature, as experts have noted. They say any move to limit consumers’ choices and guide them away from hospitals that are considered expensive is what the new “competition” within the insurance industry since the passage of Obamacare will look like.

Thanks to the imposition of new government mandates and standards, health insurance plans necessarily must be more expensive in order to meet the law’s requirements. So, with his signature on the Affordable Care Act, Obama now gets to decide what kind of coverage you have and where you have to go to get care.

What’s worse is that the media is covering this from the angle of how this new revelation will affect the Dear Leader and his party:

It could become another source of political controversy for the Obama administration next year, when the plans take effect. Frustrated consumers could then begin to realize what is not always evident when buying a product as complicated as healthcare insurance: that their new plans do not cover many facilities or doctors “in network”. In other words, the facilities and doctors are not among the list of approved providers in a certain plan.

Yes, it’s all grand political theater, isn’t it? Never mind that the real issue isn’t how the law affects Obama – who can’t even stand for reelection – or Democrats who, thanks to the president, are going to have their insurance rates subsidized 75 percent by We the People, it’s how the law is affecting real folks.

And it’s only going to get worse. Much worse.

More from Financial Times:

Under some US health insurance plans, consumers can elect to visit medical facilities that are “out of network”, but they would probably incur high out of pocket costs and may need referrals to prove that such care is medically necessary.

The development is worrying some hospital administrators who see the change as an unintended consequence of the ACA.

“We’re very concerned. [Insurers] know patients that are sick come to places like ours. What this is trying to do is redirect those patients elsewhere, but there is a reason why they come here. These patients need what it is that we are capable of providing,” Thomas Priselac, president and chief executive officer of Cedars-Sinai Health System in California, told FT.

So much for saving money and widening access

Do you remember what one of Obama’s many promises was in regard to the Affordable Care Act? The law was supposed to make health insurance cheaper – like, to the tune of $ 2,500 a year. Now, however, not only is coverage going to be more expensive, but anyone in an Obamacare exchange won’t even have access to the country’s best facilities:

Amid these new regulatory restrictions, says Tim Jost, a health policy expert, insurance companies have had to come up with new ways to cut the cost of their products. In this new era, limiting the availability of certain facilities that are seen as too expensive – in part because they may attract the sickest patients or offer the most cutting edge medical care – is seen as the best way to control costs.

“It’s like buying a Mercedes-Benz or a Chevy. You have to decide whether you want to pay for the highest product out there, which is probably pretty good quality, or the less expensive product,” Jost said. “Everyone is in favor of competition until they see what it looks like. Then they think, maybe it’s better for someone else just to pay for the whole thing.”

Guess who gets the Mercedes and who has to settle for the Chevy? And so much for that promised increased access to quality healthcare.

This is the government deciding what kind and quality of healthcare we, the little people, can have. Because you know that the president and those in Congress who voted for this outrage are going to get the best care our tax money can buy.

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A British parliamentary committee has been warned that a third of hospitals across the UK are going into the red amid a crippling financial crisis created by unprecedented cash squeeze, media reports say.

The warning by the Nuffield Trust health think tank cautioned members of parliament (MPs) in a bleak assessment of the National Health Service (NHS)’s financial difficulties, saying one in three hospitals could end up unsustainable with the current system not equipped enough to face the growing problem, British media reported.

The House of Commons health select committee launched the probe into the NHS’s ongoing £20bn savings drive, and it was warned by the think tank that ministers should be prepared to face any possible scenario.

“Many hospitals face severe and potentially unsustainable financial pressures”, the trust told the MPs, adding that its analysis of official data about the NHS’s financial health puts a question mark over its future viability.

According to the trust’s assessment, smaller hospitals which are operating semi-autonomously of NHS and the government’s control face a greater risk because they are not given foundation trust status.

The trust added that those hospitals in “regional clusters of financial stress”, such as outer London and the West Midlands, are also going into the red.

The foundation trust status would not be given to 83 NHS trusts from among 246 trusts which are providing care in England because they are not earning enough, or generating a sufficient surplus from their work, said the Nuffield Trust.

According to Monitor, the NHS’s economic regulator, those trusts include 40 of the 146 foundation trusts and 43 of the 100 trusts which have not achieved that status.

Meanwhile, the NHS would not be able to bail out hospitals in trouble because “hospital trusts could start becoming unsustainable in larger number than the current system is designed to address”, according to the trust.

The main opposition Labour Party used the think tank’s analysis to blame the coalition government for failing to address hospitals’ financial woes.

“Ministers lack a plan to deal with trusts in serious financial difficulties and cannot guarantee that the quality of patient care will not be affected. With hospital trusts facing a financial challenge, the government should be focusing on sorting the situation out,” said Andy Burnham, the shadow health secretary.

Anita Charlesworth, the trust’s chief economist, said: “We need to monitor the signs that this challenging situation could lead to an unsustainable financial squeeze on hospital trusts. The weakest hospitals appear to be getting weaker.”

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Chemical release at Intel in Arizona sends 11 to hospitals

(CNN) — A chemical release at the Intel complex in Chandler, Arizona, on Saturday sent 11 people to local hospitals, where they were reported in stable condition, said fire department spokesman Tom Dwiggins.

Forty-three people suffered breathing difficulties and skin and eye irritations, but only 11 of them were taken to medical centers, he said.

The leak began at 6:30 a.m. Saturday but has since been stopped, Dwiggins said later Saturday morning.

The cause is under investigation, he said.

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Conn. commuter trains collide; 60 go to hospitals

Emergency workers arrive the scene of a train collision, Friday, may 17, 2013 in Fairfield, Conn. A New York-area commuter railroad says two trains have collided in Connecticut. The railroad says the accident involved a New York-bound train leaving New Haven. It derailed and hit a westbound train near Fairfield, Conn. Some cars on the second train also derailed. (AP Photo/The Connecticut Post, Christian Abraham) MANDATORY CREDIT

Emergency workers arrive the scene of a train collision, Friday, may 17, 2013 in Fairfield, Conn. A New York-area commuter railroad says two trains have collided in Connecticut. The railroad says the accident involved a New York-bound train leaving New Haven. It derailed and hit a westbound train near Fairfield, Conn. Some cars on the second train also derailed. (AP Photo/The Connecticut Post, Christian Abraham) MANDATORY CREDIT

Injured passengers are transported from the scene where two Metro North commuter trains collided, Friday, May 17, 2013 near Fairfield, Conn. Bill Kaempffer, a spokesman for Bridgeport public safety, told The Associated Press approximately 49 people were injured, including four with serious injuries. About 250 people were on board the two trains, he said. (AP Photo/The Connecticut Post, Christian Abraham) MANDATORY CREDIT: CONNECTICUT POST, CHRISTIAN ABRAHAM

Passengers leave the area where two Metro North commuter trains collided, Friday, May 17, 2013 near Fairfield, Conn. Bill Kaempffer, a spokesman for Bridgeport public safety, told The Associated Press approximately 49 people were injured, including four with serious injuries. About 250 people were on board the two trains, he said. (AP Photo/The Connecticut Post, Christian Abraham) MANDATORY CREDIT: CONNECTICUT POST, CHRISTIAN ABRAHAM

Injured passengers are transported from the scene where two Metro North commuter trains collided, Friday, May 17, 2013 near Fairfield, Conn. Bill Kaempffer, a spokesman for Bridgeport public safety, told The Associated Press approximately 49 people were injured, including four with serious injuries. About 250 people were on board the two trains, he said. (AP Photo/The Connecticut Post, Christian Abraham) MANDATORY CREDIT: CONNECTICUT POST, CHRISTIAN ABRAHAM

Emergency personnel work at the scene where two Metro North commuter trains collided, Friday, May 17, 2013 near Fairfield, Conn. Bill Kaempffer, a spokesman for Bridgeport public safety, told The Associated Press approximately 49 people were injured, including four with serious injuries. About 250 people were on board the two trains, he said. (AP Photo/The Connecticut Post, Christian Abraham) MANDATORY CREDIT: CONNECTICUT POST, CHRISTIAN ABRAHAM

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FAIRFIELD, Conn. (AP) — Two commuter trains serving New York City collided in Connecticut during Friday’s evening rush hour, sending 60 people to the hospital, including five with critical injuries, Gov. Dannel Malloy said.

About 250 people were on board the Metro-North trains when one heading east from New York City’s Grand Central Station to New Haven derailed about 6:10 p.m. just outside Bridgeport, MTA and Bridgeport officials said.

The train was hit by a train heading west from New Haven to Grand Central on an adjacent track, MTA spokesman Aaron Donovan said. Some cars on the second train also derailed as a result of the collision.

Lola Oliver, 49, of Bridgeport, was on one of the trains when she suddenly found herself in mid-air.

“Finally I came to a stop on one of the seats. And I just gripped it because I felt the train sliding. It happened so fast I had no idea what was going on. All I know is we crashed,” she told The Associated Press in a hospital interview.

Investigators Friday night did not know what caused the first train to derail. Malloy said there was no reason to believe it was anything other than an accident.

“We’re most concerned about the injured and ultimately reopening the system,” Malloy said from the scene about three hours after the crash.

The governor said that most people were not seriously hurt. Among those critically injured, he said, one’s injuries were “very critical.”

The Metro-North Railroad, a commuter line serving the northern suburbs, described it as a “major derailment.” Photos showed a train car askew on the rails, with its end smashed up and brushing against another train. Amtrak suspended service indefinitely between New York and Boston.

Malloy said there was extensive damage to the train cars and the track, and it could take until Monday for normal service to be restored. He said the accident will have a “big impact on the Northeast Corridor.”

The area where the accident happened was already down to two tracks because of repair work, Malloy said. Crews have been working for a long time on the electric lines above the tracks, the power source for the trains. He said Connecticut has an old system and no other alternate tracks.

By late evening, Bridgeport Police Chief Joseph Gaudett said everybody who needed treatment had been attended to, and authorities were beginning to turn their attention to investigating the cause.

“Everybody seemed pretty calm,” he said. “Everybody was thankful they didn’t get seriously hurt. They were anxious to get home to their families.”

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority operates the Metro-North Railroad, the second-largest commuter railroad in the nation. The Metro-North main lines — the Hudson, Harlem, and New Haven — run northward from New York City’s Grand Central Terminal into suburban New York and Connecticut.

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