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Well said...but I'll dumb it down. A level 3 established patient office visit (CPT 99213) gets paid from Medicare the same amount whether it is provided by a family practice MD, Neurologist or Ortho surgeon. Yet the CF for the same service level provided is typically greater, and negotiated, for surgeons, then non surgical specialist then primary care providers.

I have no doubt you have.

Ummmmmmm...Kathleen Sebelius just texted me. She wants to talk to you!!

I fold...all the chips in the middle are yours!

And more and more providers are now being paid on a RVU system...which has little to do with what a hospital and/or clinic is getting paid by insurance companies for those provider services.

Seriously?? This thread was an initial discussion about NDBCBS and a rate hike. yzerman19 gave a thoughtful and educated explanation I thought. We could turn this political on "subsidies" but don't think that would get us anywhere. Bottomline is if one doesn't have an educated and informed understanding of healthcare insurance or the ACA this conversation will won't be productive either.

Hmmmmmmmmmmm...I guess that's one take on this albeit a misinformed and misguided one.

Are 'lil Shep and Anderson officiating?

It's a physical mismatch. EGF is just being the _____ out of Orono.

For all of you who seem to want to use an ignorant broad brush on this issue please READ yzerman19's posts.

***ALL TICKETS SOLD*** Thanks to MM and his connections I was able to sweeten the pot for the last 2 tickets as MM threw in personal autographed pictures by Harry Styles and Goon as well as a yet to be released limited edition of Rosetta Stone's "Learn gfhockey"!

Well played Mauer, well played. And they don't make movies like Airplane anymore. Classics!

How about I swap you my Frattin #21 King's jersey for 1D tickets! BTW...still have 2 tickets left for this Friday. (Another MM thread hijack)

Seriously!!!! Deal..................

Can you say "3 strikes and you are out"?! He needs to stay healthy and produce to stay up from here on out.

2 tickets are sold. 2 still available. $80 for the pair.

Change in family plans for this Friday so have 4 seats in Sec. 110 Row J available for this Friday. $160 for all 4 seats. PM or text me: 701-261-3501. TIckets in Fargo but can be mailed out today at noon.

At least the income from that wind farm will help me pay for the 13.5% hike in my NDBCBS premiums!

Read that from Dec. 1 thru end of Feb the F-M area had 65 of 90 days with a temp below zero. Taking it further to hours in that same time frame 40% of the total hours were below zero. GF had 45% of hours below zero. Brrrrrrrrrrrrr...........

You are correct. Without great detail I have some insight on NDBCBS and well as the ACA. There is no $$$ in health insurance but the bigger issue is there enough money , wherever you think you can find it, to sustain the ACA if it moves forward as passed??

If you are a Class B BB player and get the opportunity to play in this yearly classic, it's a highlight of your sports career... at any level.

Have seen Oak Grove play...they are the real deal.

Yup...that's what's is going on here!

Welcome to the ever increasing society of entitlement, unaccountability and irresponsiblility. I see every day the growing mentality that "I don't need to do anything because someone else will take care of me and pay for it". Really sad to see...................... I'm not an apologist for NDBCBS or giving them a complete pass on this but under the ACA they have to get enough funds/dollars from healthy individuals to cover an increasingly "sick" pool of people that they must now cover. The ACA in a nutshell basically is going to put the burden on those who can pay and are healthy to foot the bill for all those who aren't in either of those categories. Cue smokey the watchmaker...oh wait, he butt was tossed of this site...again.

This is the same station/affiliate that still employs Hutch Johnson...'nuf said!