http://blog.alliancebernstein.com/index.php/2012/08/29/fiscal-cliff-adds-urgency-to-us-election-budget-showdown/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fiscal-cliff-adds-urgency-to-us-election-budget-showdown The AllianceBernstein Blog on Investing Mon, 20 May 2013 16:20:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://blog.alliancebernstein.com/index.php/2012/08/29/fiscal-cliff-adds-urgency-to-us-election-budget-showdown/#comment-16242 Joe Carson Tue, 04 Sep 2012 15:14:51 +0000 http://blog.alliancebernstein.com/?p=2641#comment-16242 Thank you for your comment. All good questions—to which future legislation will determine the answers. Thank you for your comment. All good questions—to which future legislation will determine the answers.

]]> http://blog.alliancebernstein.com/index.php/2012/08/29/fiscal-cliff-adds-urgency-to-us-election-budget-showdown/#comment-15969 amh Fri, 31 Aug 2012 15:30:53 +0000 http://blog.alliancebernstein.com/?p=2641#comment-15969 Most economists seem to be saying BOTH that the President has proposed cutting $716 B from Medicare Advantage subsidies AND that the Romney-Ryan budget ALSO assumes these "savings." What isn''t clear is exactly how the Medicare Advantage insureds would lose. Possibilities: (1) Would these plans, which I thought Rs liked end? (2) Would the services of such plans be cut? If so, which ones? (3) Would the insureds pay the insurance companies more, or what? One thing is for sure: IF payments to insurance companies and/or hospitals are cut, they will drop certain insureds/patients, add other codes for which they charge, or do something else to retain revenues. Most economists seem to be saying BOTH that the President has proposed cutting $716 B from Medicare Advantage subsidies AND that the Romney-Ryan budget ALSO assumes these “savings.” What isn”t clear is exactly how the Medicare Advantage insureds would lose. Possibilities: (1) Would these plans, which I thought Rs liked end? (2) Would the services of such plans be cut? If so, which ones? (3) Would the insureds pay the insurance companies more, or what? One thing is for sure: IF payments to insurance companies and/or hospitals are cut, they will drop certain insureds/patients, add other codes for which they charge, or do something else to retain revenues.

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