The Bay State Boondoggle

[stuy119]

John Kerry inserts a provision into the ACA that costs 40 states money for Medicare reimbursements:

Strassel: John Kerry's ObamaCare Boondoggle - WSJ.com

Go figure - other senators are unhappy. Too bad we had to pass it to see what's in it.

 

[somarco]

No problem. States just need to get another Obamacare waiver.

Only red states will have trouble getting an exception.

More info from an earlier article.

http://blog.heritage.org/2013/05/22/big-hospitals-obamacare-deal-betrays-seniors-and-the-poor/

During their closed-room dealings with the Obama Administration, the hospital industry's lobbyists agreed to support Obamacare—provided that the law placed restrictions on physician-owned "specialty" hospitals, noted WSJ. These innovative specialty hospitals frequently have quality outcomes better than most traditional facilities, but no matter—the big hospital lobbyists wanted to eliminate a source of competition. So Obamacare prohibits new physician-owned hospitals from receiving Medicare payments — and prohibits most existing facilities from expanding if they wish to keep treating Medicare patients.