Hospitalized but 'under observation'? Seniors, beware

[mopinko]

7. aca penalizes hospitals

if they have a high rate of re-admittance. these are old stats, so i don't know how it will shake out.
but on the face of it, it seems like a good thing. hospitals send too many elderly back home if they come in by ambulance, and are not sick enough to admit. keeping an eye on them for a while seems like the humane thing to do at the least. but readmissions are so expensive, i gotta think this saves money in the end.

hoping someone will appear with the letter of the aca on this.

eta- this is, of course, a smear job.