There is such a thing as "death panels"

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5. Yes! Regarding problems with continually readmitting

patients, it might help to know that hospitals' highest profit margins are in the first and second days while most tests and consultations are done Then they drop. This means that in past (and perhaps in future) greedy hospitals would tend to discharge patients after those high-profit days but before they were ready, to clear the bed for new, higher-profit patients.

The ACA turns the screws on these institutions. It can't control commercial insurance payouts, but it can hospitals that abuse Medicare and Medicaid patients. And perhaps more--I'm not an expert. But for sure they are required to keep records on all patients and report violations of standards; and patterns of patients being readmitted too soon after discharge result in significant penalties, audits and even site inspections by regulatory agencies.