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Competitive Biddingvs.
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National Competitive Bidding vs. Patient Choice
What is Competitive Bidding?The basic premise is that the government will implement cost controls in an effort to save money
- The lowest bid will get the government contract
- Not used for any Medicare service on product up to today
- Medicare beneficiaries are now free to buy from any qualified provider
How Competitive bidding affectsyou, the Medicare beneficiary!
1) Choice2) Quality of service3) Innovation4) Monopoly/Expanded Government
National Competitive Bidding vs. Patient Choice
is invalid
Whythe basic premise
of Competitive Bidding
National Competitive Bidding vs. Patient Choice
National Competitive Bidding vs. Patient Choice
ChoicePatients will have dramatically reduced choice of home-care providersRural areas will be hardest hitPatients will be forced to travel to larger cities to receive health care products/services
The small, independent, community-based home-care dealer will no longer exist. What impact will this have?
Question: Do we really want the government to dictate from whom you get your health-care products and services?
National Competitive Bidding vs. Patient Choice
Reduced Service The few home health-care providers left will face severe budget constraints, and the first thing that will be cut is service, including preventive equipment maintenance, patient education, 24-hour on-call service and care by professional respiratory therapists.
Question: Have you ever seen large health-care chains increase service and quality when competition is eliminated?
National Competitive Bidding vs. Patient Choice
Curtailed innovation As reimbursements are forced down, manu-facturers will have no economic incentive to continue to develop innovative products and enhancements.
Manufacturers will be incented to produce cheap equipment offshore with no regard for the quality of life that patients expect and deserve.
Question: Once competition is eliminated through competitive bidding, do you believe large national chain stores will spend extra on innovation, quality products?
National Competitive Bidding vs. Patient Choice
Small business, especially in small communities, is the engine of the U.S. economy. Seventy percent of all new employment is through small business.
By all estimates, Competitive bidding will eliminate 40 to 60 percent of independent home medical equipment dealers nationally. All that will be left will be the “Big Box” national chains located in larger cities. NCB will require an expanded government bureaucracy to administer.
Question: Do we really want our government to create a monopoly in our health-care industry? Do we really want to see a bigger government to run Competitive Bidding?
Monopoly/Expanded Government
National Competitive Bidding vs. Patient Choice
National
Medicare beneficiaries.
is BADgovernment policy
and is BAD for
Competitive Bidding
Contact your Congressional representatives
How you,
the beneficiarycan fight
competitive bidding