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States are opening up their medicaid programs to managed

Posted on: June 1, 2012 at 09:55:19 CT

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care for this reason. There's been a large increase in RFPs the last couple of years where states are looking into eliminating Fee For Service. The companies work with the health plans to help drive utilization properly.

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I see both sides of the cap on size of soft drinks Bloomberg - Wildcat06Tiger10 STL - 6/1 09:34:43

it's a dumb@ss proposal... - tigerdb MU - 6/1 09:55:22

What about double quarter pounders, or those big little - catbirdseat KC - 6/1 09:57:36

I don't think I could eat a 32oz porterhouse with getting - SabertoothTiger KC - 6/1 10:04:49

Not to mention an ice cream ban... - tigerdb MU - 6/1 09:59:03

Now I'm getting angry. Leave my ice cream alone.(nm) - SabertoothTiger KC - 6/1 10:05:40

Most commercially prepared food has 3 key ingrediants..sugar - catbirdseat KC - 6/1 09:53:36

Or they could help stop it from the beginning. - kmawv8 KC - 6/1 09:53:06

Someone watched Food, Inc. (nm) - RememberQuantrill MU

- 6/1 09:54:01

I haven't seen it - kmawv8 KC - 6/1 09:56:13

You should watch it. (nm) - RememberQuantrill MU

- 6/1 10:01:41

What will help keep healthcare costs down - Domino MU - 6/1 09:50:28

This shouldn't be a gov't thing, but your health ins - Hamdogg KC - 6/1 09:45:31

exactly, the market can take care of this - Bucknell Bison MU

- 6/1 09:50:01

here is the issue, there are a lot of fat people, so getting - Hamdogg KC - 6/1 09:52:46

Incentivizing healthiness is a much better plan than - MizzouAstro MU

- 6/1 09:46:34

do you have a plan for this? I agree that companies should - Hamdogg KC - 6/1 09:47:49

Lower insurance premiums for those participating in a - Domino MU - 6/1 09:52:49

Our company makes extensive use of this (nm) - TigerNuts MU - 6/1 10:15:12

Should be the same for Medicare/Medicaid (nm) - MizzouAstro MU

- 6/1 09:53:28

States are opening up their medicaid programs to managed - Domino MU - 6/1 09:55:19

I was agreeing with you - MizzouAstro MU

- 6/1 09:49:03

Blue Cross Blue Shield has some plans that reward you - cnk MU

- 6/1 09:52:13

yeah, I have BCBS and they do give stuff like that, but they - Hamdogg KC - 6/1 09:53:58

I can see that. What would move you back? Things - Hamdogg KC - 6/1 09:51:09

Here's a list of some of ours - TigerNuts MU - 6/1 10:23:04

It would be up to the provider to make bench marks - MizzouAstro MU

- 6/1 09:52:43

myth (nm) - pickle MU

- 6/1 09:43:57

vague one word response (nm) - MizzouAstro MU

- 6/1 09:44:43

that's 4 words (nm) - TigerNuts MU - 6/1 10:11:44

why? (nm) - MizzouAstro MU

- 6/1 10:13:53

there are two problems as I see it - SatoriTiger JC - 6/1 09:43:24

It's a very dumb law. - RememberQuantrill MU

- 6/1 09:44:59

KILL THE SICK AND DYING NOW!(nm) - TheShoe JC - 6/1 09:45:38

No, only the fat ones. (nm) - RememberQuantrill MU

- 6/1 09:47:13

so you are going to outlaw super size beers? Door swings - catbirdseat KC - 6/1 09:41:07

me? I think Bloomberg has fascist tendencies with these - TheReino KC - 6/1 09:57:49

I dont drink sugar pop(nm) - TheReino KC - 6/1 09:40:49

but you do eat out rather frequently it seems - TheShoe JC - 6/1 09:41:48

I eat at home more often than out and when I do I typically - TheReino KC - 6/1 09:50:06

Urban hunting is the way to go. (nm) - RememberQuantrill MU

- 6/1 09:42:45

I don't think they make food deliberately unhealthy. - tgr MU

- 6/1 09:42:41

There is plenty of healthy food that people like and is - RememberQuantrill MU

- 6/1 09:43:54

secret - TheShoe JC - 6/1 09:37:46

I agree. We all die. The fat people hit us now but the - SabertoothTiger KC - 6/1 10:03:07

So you think increasing obesity won't increase the costs - Wildcat06Tiger10 STL - 6/1 09:38:33

honestly? - TheShoe JC - 6/1 09:40:06

Yes, due to very expensive health complications. - RememberQuantrill MU

- 6/1 09:41:57

sudden death - TheShoe JC - 6/1 09:44:18

Been to a hospital recently? I'd say 8/10 people in the - RememberQuantrill MU

- 6/1 09:46:45

Are you including pregnant women in that figure? - MizzouAstro MU

- 6/1 09:47:19

I can't wait until you and tkb have a shack baby. You - SabertoothTiger KC - 6/1 10:07:29

shacktus (nm) - MizzouAstro MU

- 6/1 10:14:10

No. (nm) - RememberQuantrill MU

- 6/1 09:47:46

Dont be so blunt about it. You will scare Reino (nm) - Wildcat06Tiger10 STL - 6/1 09:41:14

he's not fat - TheShoe JC - 6/1 09:42:46

His BMI disagrees (nm) - Wildcat06Tiger10 STL - 6/1 09:43:21

^^^doesn't understand BMI^^^(nm) - cnk MU

- 6/1 09:49:08