Local officials also predict an expensive future as new requirements – for technology quality accounting and care coordination – start under the health care law enacted in March.\u00a0 Moody’s Investors Service said in April that many stand-alone hospitals won’t have the resources to invest in information technology or manage bundled payments well.\u00a0 Many non-profits have bad credit ratings and in a tight credit market cannot borrow money, either.\u00a0 Meanwhile, the federal government is expected to cut aid to hospitals…\u00a0 ‘By the nature of their small size, their independence and their political entanglements, they are poorly equipped to survive,’ said James Burgdorfer.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
So once again, the Obama-Pelosi-Reid regime collides with the law of unforeseen and unintended consequences, at the expense of Americans already stretched thin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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