Comments on: ValueOptions cut services to kids after losing $1B contract, lawsuit alleges http://newmexicoindependent.com/28429/valueoptions-cut-services-to-kids-after-losing-contract-suit-alleges New Mexico news and politics Fri, 02 Sep 2011 18:15:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Insider471 http://newmexicoindependent.com/28429/valueoptions-cut-services-to-kids-after-losing-contract-suit-alleges#comment-22869 Insider471 Wed, 03 Jun 2009 22:21:30 +0000 http://newmexicoindependent.com/?p=28429#comment-22869 Babyfatt has a good analysis but a poor conclusion. The very fact that politics are involved will always mean that the consumer, or even a company's, best interests will come second to whatever backroom deal is made. For national healthcare to work there would need to be a firewall between the company and the government. Let the comapny work with as little intervention as possible. As it stands, really powerful politicans and state agencies undermine the best clinical decisions.<br>By the way, in the contract with the ValueOptions, there is a percentage rate, 14%, that the company can use for its costs and profit. After you pay staff, if they were government employees or healthcare employees you gotta pay them, then you are left with about 8-10% for profit. Find another industry that survives on so little.<br>Speaking of goverment managed companies, before you jump on that band wagon you might want to watch at how well they have managed the bailout so far. Or for more entertainment, watch what happens to GM as the goverment takes over and ask your self if these are the people you want responsible the for care of your loved ones. Babyfatt has a good analysis but a poor conclusion. The very fact that politics are involved will always mean that the consumer, or even a company's, best interests will come second to whatever backroom deal is made. For national healthcare to work there would need to be a firewall between the company and the government. Let the comapny work with as little intervention as possible. As it stands, really powerful politicans and state agencies undermine the best clinical decisions.
By the way, in the contract with the ValueOptions, there is a percentage rate, 14%, that the company can use for its costs and profit. After you pay staff, if they were government employees or healthcare employees you gotta pay them, then you are left with about 8-10% for profit. Find another industry that survives on so little.
Speaking of goverment managed companies, before you jump on that band wagon you might want to watch at how well they have managed the bailout so far. Or for more entertainment, watch what happens to GM as the goverment takes over and ask your self if these are the people you want responsible the for care of your loved ones.

]]> By: Insider471 http://newmexicoindependent.com/28429/valueoptions-cut-services-to-kids-after-losing-contract-suit-alleges#comment-18449 Insider471 Wed, 03 Jun 2009 17:21:30 +0000 http://newmexicoindependent.com/?p=28429#comment-18449 Babyfatt has a good analysis but a poor conclusion. The very fact that politics are involved will always mean that the consumer, or even a company's, best interests will come second to whatever backroom deal is made. For national healthcare to work there would need to be a firewall between the company and the government. Let the comapny work with as little intervention as possible. As it stands, really powerful politicans and state agencies undermine the best clinical decisions.<br>By the way, in the contract with the ValueOptions, there is a percentage rate, 14%, that the company can use for its costs and profit. After you pay staff, if they were government employees or healthcare employees you gotta pay them, then you are left with about 8-10% for profit. Find another industry that survives on so little.<br>Speaking of goverment managed companies, before you jump on that band wagon you might want to watch at how well they have managed the bailout so far. Or for more entertainment, watch what happens to GM as the goverment takes over and ask your self if these are the people you want responsible the for care of your loved ones. Babyfatt has a good analysis but a poor conclusion. The very fact that politics are involved will always mean that the consumer, or even a company's, best interests will come second to whatever backroom deal is made. For national healthcare to work there would need to be a firewall between the company and the government. Let the comapny work with as little intervention as possible. As it stands, really powerful politicans and state agencies undermine the best clinical decisions.
By the way, in the contract with the ValueOptions, there is a percentage rate, 14%, that the company can use for its costs and profit. After you pay staff, if they were government employees or healthcare employees you gotta pay them, then you are left with about 8-10% for profit. Find another industry that survives on so little.
Speaking of goverment managed companies, before you jump on that band wagon you might want to watch at how well they have managed the bailout so far. Or for more entertainment, watch what happens to GM as the goverment takes over and ask your self if these are the people you want responsible the for care of your loved ones.

]]> By: Insider471 http://newmexicoindependent.com/28429/valueoptions-cut-services-to-kids-after-losing-contract-suit-alleges#comment-9538 Insider471 Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:21:30 +0000 http://newmexicoindependent.com/?p=28429#comment-9538 Babyfatt has a good analysis but a poor conclusion. The very fact that politics are involved will always mean that the consumer, or even a company's, best interests will come second to whatever backroom deal is made. For national healthcare to work there would need to be a firewall between the company and the government. Let the comapny work with as little intervention as possible. As it stands, really powerful politicans and state agencies undermine the best clinical decisions.<br>By the way, in the contract with the ValueOptions, there is a percentage rate, 14%, that the company can use for its costs and profit. After you pay staff, if they were government employees or healthcare employees you gotta pay them, then you are left with about 8-10% for profit. Find another industry that survives on so little.<br>Speaking of goverment managed companies, before you jump on that band wagon you might want to watch at how well they have managed the bailout so far. Or for more entertainment, watch what happens to GM as the goverment takes over and ask your self if these are the people you want responsible the for care of your loved ones. Babyfatt has a good analysis but a poor conclusion. The very fact that politics are involved will always mean that the consumer, or even a company's, best interests will come second to whatever backroom deal is made. For national healthcare to work there would need to be a firewall between the company and the government. Let the comapny work with as little intervention as possible. As it stands, really powerful politicans and state agencies undermine the best clinical decisions.
By the way, in the contract with the ValueOptions, there is a percentage rate, 14%, that the company can use for its costs and profit. After you pay staff, if they were government employees or healthcare employees you gotta pay them, then you are left with about 8-10% for profit. Find another industry that survives on so little.
Speaking of goverment managed companies, before you jump on that band wagon you might want to watch at how well they have managed the bailout so far. Or for more entertainment, watch what happens to GM as the goverment takes over and ask your self if these are the people you want responsible the for care of your loved ones.

]]> By: Insider471 http://newmexicoindependent.com/28429/valueoptions-cut-services-to-kids-after-losing-contract-suit-alleges#comment-6264 Insider471 Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:21:30 +0000 http://newmexicoindependent.com/?p=28429#comment-6264 Babyfatt has a good analysis but a poor conclusion. The very fact that politics are involved will always mean that the consumer, or even a company's, best interests will come second to whatever backroom deal is made. For national healthcare to work there would need to be a firewall between the company and the government. Let the comapny work with as little intervention as possible. As it stands, really powerful politicans and state agencies undermine the best clinical decisions.<br>By the way, in the contract with the ValueOptions, there is a percentage rate, 14%, that the company can use for its costs and profit. After you pay staff, if they were government employees or healthcare employees you gotta pay them, then you are left with about 8-10% for profit. Find another industry that survives on so little.<br>Speaking of goverment managed companies, before you jump on that band wagon you might want to watch at how well they have managed the bailout so far. Or for more entertainment, watch what happens to GM as the goverment takes over and ask your self if these are the people you want responsible the for care of your loved ones. Babyfatt has a good analysis but a poor conclusion. The very fact that politics are involved will always mean that the consumer, or even a company's, best interests will come second to whatever backroom deal is made. For national healthcare to work there would need to be a firewall between the company and the government. Let the comapny work with as little intervention as possible. As it stands, really powerful politicans and state agencies undermine the best clinical decisions.
By the way, in the contract with the ValueOptions, there is a percentage rate, 14%, that the company can use for its costs and profit. After you pay staff, if they were government employees or healthcare employees you gotta pay them, then you are left with about 8-10% for profit. Find another industry that survives on so little.
Speaking of goverment managed companies, before you jump on that band wagon you might want to watch at how well they have managed the bailout so far. Or for more entertainment, watch what happens to GM as the goverment takes over and ask your self if these are the people you want responsible the for care of your loved ones.

]]> By: babyfatt http://newmexicoindependent.com/28429/valueoptions-cut-services-to-kids-after-losing-contract-suit-alleges#comment-6214 babyfatt Sat, 30 May 2009 00:19:04 +0000 http://newmexicoindependent.com/?p=28429#comment-6214 This is a scandal that reaches back into the Gary Johnson administration. The decision was made to give over Medicaid dollars to a "managed care" system of care rationing, with the "managing" to be done by private companies. All the data collected since show that managed care companies spend an inordinate amount of money on administrative and overhead costs--it takes a lot of overhead to deny care to people who need it. The result was fewer dollars spent on treatment for patients who needed it, and more cash for the company who managed the system (not to mention the politicos who supported that company). <br><br>This is why only government can efficiently manage our healthcare system. Only government can maximize care while minimizing costs. Let's break away from the old tired paradigm that only the market can allocate resources efficiently. ValueOptions proves exactly the opposite. <br><br>Meanwhile, ValueOptions, and its relationship to HSD and our states political leaders, is a scandal awaiting investigation. This is a scandal that reaches back into the Gary Johnson administration. The decision was made to give over Medicaid dollars to a “managed care” system of care rationing, with the “managing” to be done by private companies. All the data collected since show that managed care companies spend an inordinate amount of money on administrative and overhead costs–it takes a lot of overhead to deny care to people who need it. The result was fewer dollars spent on treatment for patients who needed it, and more cash for the company who managed the system (not to mention the politicos who supported that company).

This is why only government can efficiently manage our healthcare system. Only government can maximize care while minimizing costs. Let's break away from the old tired paradigm that only the market can allocate resources efficiently. ValueOptions proves exactly the opposite.

Meanwhile, ValueOptions, and its relationship to HSD and our states political leaders, is a scandal awaiting investigation.

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