Lawyers and Consultants Heart ObamaCare
The public may not favor ObamaCare, but at least America's armies of lawyers and business consultants love the law and all its complex new regulations:
From Washington to California, the year-old health law, with its layers of complexity, is setting off a gold rush for high-priced lawyers and consultants. It's "a full employment act for health-care consultants," said Ian Morrison, a founding partner of Strategic Health Perspectives in Menlo Park, Calif.
Much of the activity — and the prospect of glitteringly high fees — is swirling around a widely discussed provision that encourages doctors, hospitals and insurers to team up in treating patients. Initially, these "accountable care organizations," as envisioned in the law, will treat only Medicare patients, and will get bonuses for providing better care at lower cost. But if they work, ACOs will likely spread to private patients as well.
The ACO issue "has all the pieces that drive consulting," said Morrison. "There are legal, information technology and cultural changes needed to make it work, so lawyers are happy as hell, IT people are happy as hell and so are the management consultants."
And let's not forget lobbyists; they've done pretty well off the law too!
My take on ObamaCare's accountable care organizations here.
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Shovel-ready!
Well, Obama created jobs-stop bitching now
Yeah, why don’t we go break some windows to celebrate and really get the economy moving? We can start with yours.
I’m down. I know some windows that are ripe for breaking.
You think too small. I say we blow up three nuclear reactors!
the year-old health law, with its layers of complexity, is setting off a gold rush for high-priced lawyers and consultants. It’s “a full employment act for health-care consultants”
Enough with the incendiary broken-windows rhetoric. Just fix the law so that it grows increasingly complex. It’s clean, green, and potentially *very* high-tech.
Re: rather,
Any idiot can create a job. The real trick is creating value, which this law doesn’t. Neither did Obama.
Neither did Obama’s parents.
Funnier than you intended considering your handle generic Brand
America’s armies of lawyers and business consultants love the law
Yes. Yes, we do.
I think the one piece of this law most likely to survive indefinitely is the ACOs. The rules for them are agreeably onerous, ambiguous, and complex. I’m planning to raise my profile as an ACO expert so I can quit working full-time and pick up a few part-time retainers in a few years.
What’s not to love? If the electorate doesn’t want to kill this abomination, then they have little reason to complain about supporting me in the style to which I’d like to become accustomed.
You are so Ayn Rand
Re: rather,
Oh, how so profound your statement is…
thank you! That was sincere, right 😉
As a lawyer who isn’t getting any additional work thanks to ObamaCare, I still don’t like it. Sure, maybe the health care practice group at my firm is getting a little more business, but I’m guessing any additional revenue that trickles down to me is more than offset by the $130/month increase in my insurance premiums that kicked in this year, as well as more expensive services, etc.
For most legislation–particularly big, vague legislation like this–the answer to the question Cui bono? is “Lawyers, consultants, and sometimes accountants.” Hard stop.
Yet one more reason to defund this monstrosity.
Never happen! The important have been purchased. Those like Rather Stupid lay spread eagle diddling themselves while staring blissfully at 2008 Obama posters….nope we’re stuck with this thing….better find a way to work the system for our benefit now.
I think SugerFree needs to write a rather story.
Especially if he can work in “cunt vomit”
It may be great for lawyers and consultants, but what about window repairmen? why not a law that we go around breaking windows to keep glaziers fully employed? That could work, right?
Cash for Clunkers II?
Is that what they’re calling Obozo’s re-election campaign that kicks off today?
Windows?! You piker! Let’s set off some earthquakes and Tsunamis and get some real demand going. How about some more huricanes and tornados?
Haven’t used the Halliburton Hurricane Machine since Katrina.
Sounds like another Sarbanes?Oxley. No real benefit to anyone. But in the case of SOX – guaranteed employment for armies of consultants and accountants.
Brought to you by the Party That Stands Up For The Little Guy?.
Who could possibly have foreseen this?
Armies of lawyers and consultants?
Hey, don’t forget the health insurance lobbyists!
Lobbyists are merely the recon brigade for the main force of lawyers and consultants.
It’s true. tip of the spear.
What am I, a fortune-teller?
This is what happens when corporations are allowed to vote!!!!!!
And that’s only part of it. With 40million new patients, just think of all those new frivolous malpractice suits just waiting to be spawned.
Don’t worry. We think there’s a clause requiring the Government to pay for settling those.
We’re expecting to make a good bit of money on ObamaCare, installing EPM/EMR software and other software to computerize medical practices.
And when the care organization achieves “Meaningful Use”, you’ll get millions in taxpayer subsidies. Lowering costs!!!
I wouldn’t worry, Paul. The meaningful use rules are written to ensure that practically no one qualifies.
That picture screamed alt text. Good work.
The Bobs love it, too.
thanks