Nukeman
08-17-2009, 04:39 PM
Anyone who thinks the government is capable of running the health care industry in this country is a complete lunatic. All you have to do is look at the debacle they call "cash for clunkers" to see how they will handle their "single payer system"
They already do this with through CMS with Medicare/Medicaid. I can't believe that there are people in this country stupid enough that they want the government to oversee 300 million they cant even handle 300 thousand claims for cars. How are they going to handle the claims for insurance. I tell you how they will ignore it or send it back because you forgot to dot an i or cross a t......
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/08/17/clunkers-reimbursement-process-fast-tracked-congressman-says/
Administrators of the popular Cash for Clunkers program are planning to fast-track the approval process for dealer reimbursements following complaints that thousands of requests were being delayed or rejected, a congressman said Monday.
Rep. Joe Sestak, D-Pa., who over the weekend wrote a letter to President Obama detailing those concerns, released a statement saying the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration told him it will start a new approval process to reduce the average processing time for reimbursements.
The office said that by hiring more staff and contractors to deal with the backlog, processing time could be reduced to five days on average.
Under the Clunkers program, passenger car owners are eligible for a voucher worth between $3,500 and $4,500 if they trade in their gas guzzlers for new, fuel-efficient vehicles. According to sales data summarized by Transportation Department officials, dealers have submitted requests for rebates on 338,659 vehicles sold.
But the Department of Transportation said a staff of just 225 people was reviewing the dealer claims, even after Congress expanded the $1 billion program by $2 billion.
Sestak claimed over the weekend that the federal government had reimbursed auto dealers for only 2 percent of the claims, while four of every five applications had been "rejected for minor oversight." This is what the government ALREADY does with Medicare and Medicaid!!! EVERY FREAKING DAY
The congressman, who is challenging Sen. Arlen Specter in his state's Senate primary, wrote that auto dealers contacted him to express their concern and ask for help.
They already do this with through CMS with Medicare/Medicaid. I can't believe that there are people in this country stupid enough that they want the government to oversee 300 million they cant even handle 300 thousand claims for cars. How are they going to handle the claims for insurance. I tell you how they will ignore it or send it back because you forgot to dot an i or cross a t......
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/08/17/clunkers-reimbursement-process-fast-tracked-congressman-says/
Administrators of the popular Cash for Clunkers program are planning to fast-track the approval process for dealer reimbursements following complaints that thousands of requests were being delayed or rejected, a congressman said Monday.
Rep. Joe Sestak, D-Pa., who over the weekend wrote a letter to President Obama detailing those concerns, released a statement saying the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration told him it will start a new approval process to reduce the average processing time for reimbursements.
The office said that by hiring more staff and contractors to deal with the backlog, processing time could be reduced to five days on average.
Under the Clunkers program, passenger car owners are eligible for a voucher worth between $3,500 and $4,500 if they trade in their gas guzzlers for new, fuel-efficient vehicles. According to sales data summarized by Transportation Department officials, dealers have submitted requests for rebates on 338,659 vehicles sold.
But the Department of Transportation said a staff of just 225 people was reviewing the dealer claims, even after Congress expanded the $1 billion program by $2 billion.
Sestak claimed over the weekend that the federal government had reimbursed auto dealers for only 2 percent of the claims, while four of every five applications had been "rejected for minor oversight." This is what the government ALREADY does with Medicare and Medicaid!!! EVERY FREAKING DAY
The congressman, who is challenging Sen. Arlen Specter in his state's Senate primary, wrote that auto dealers contacted him to express their concern and ask for help.