<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5703736551017069324.post7446684880150211432..comments</id><updated>2010-02-05T12:24:15.877-05:00</updated><category term='http://www.bloggehttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifr.com/img/blank.gif'/><category term='Massachusetts'/><category term='American Association for Homecare'/><category term='loved ones'/><category term='mpp'/><category term='Ephrata'/><category term='competitive bidding'/><category term='Michael Reinemer'/><category term='COPD'/><category term='durable medical equipment'/><category term='Cape Cod'/><category term='Health Care Reform'/><category term='take action'/><category term='budget deficit'/><category term='Invacare'/><category term='hr1041'/><category term='Home care'/><category term='cms'/><category term='wheelchairs'/><category term='capitol hill'/><category term='washington dc'/><category term='power wheelchairs'/><category term='OIG'/><category term='president obama'/><category term='Drew Griffin'/><category term='market pricing program'/><category term='Medicare'/><category term='home medical equipment'/><category term='http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif'/><category term='meet the team'/><category term='Sandwich'/><category term='washington legislative conference'/><category term='home health'/><category term='homecare champion'/><category term='homecare'/><category term='legislative conference'/><category term='aahomecare'/><category term='Hurrican Irene'/><category term='http://wwhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifw.blogger.com/img/blank.gif'/><category term='regulations'/><category term='Big Tow'/><category term='grassroots'/><category term='proposed rule'/><category term='Maryland'/><category term='hme'/><category term='CNN'/><category term='Pennsylvania'/><category term='awards'/><category term='senior care'/><category term='economists'/><category term='Havre de Grace'/><category term='Homecare Concepts'/><category term='Senator Max Baucus'/><category term='issue paper'/><category term='Apria'/><category term='dme'/><category term='cost savings'/><title type='text'>Comments on AAHomecare Blog: George Will's Column on Medicare Bidding Program L...</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blog.aahomecare.org/feeds/7446684880150211432/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5703736551017069324/7446684880150211432/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blog.aahomecare.org/2009/01/george-wills-column-on-medicare-bidding.html'/><author><name>AAHomecare</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12404878973597039092</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-w5TRYFz_Xd8/TWVhGSyGgcI/AAAAAAAAAIo/OEWyO2O1bKU/s220/AAHomecareLogo-2011_reasonably_small.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>2</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5703736551017069324.post-1596103910448387033</id><published>2010-02-05T12:24:15.877-05:00</published><updated>2010-02-05T12:24:15.877-05:00</updated><title type='text'>It is obvious Mr. Will knows far more about baseba...</title><summary type='text'>It is obvious Mr. Will knows far more about baseball than the home medical equipment business.  The Will article and the MLN &amp;quot;A Better Way for Medicare to Pay for Med equipment might lead the uninitiated to think bidding is the better way. Wrong. If this bid process continues, States will soon follow.  Small tax paying businesses like this one employing 7 people will become extinctand their </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5703736551017069324/7446684880150211432/comments/default/1596103910448387033'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5703736551017069324/7446684880150211432/comments/default/1596103910448387033'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blog.aahomecare.org/2009/01/george-wills-column-on-medicare-bidding.html?showComment=1265390655877#c1596103910448387033' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://blog.aahomecare.org/2009/01/george-wills-column-on-medicare-bidding.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5703736551017069324.post-7446684880150211432' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5703736551017069324/posts/default/7446684880150211432' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-381718012'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5703736551017069324.post-745895652183185705</id><published>2009-01-23T14:52:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-01-23T14:52:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Mr Will is a Moron in my opinion. I think Mr Will ...</title><summary type='text'>Mr Will is a Moron in my opinion. I think Mr Will should spend a minimum of 2-3 years relying on the Medicare system and it's competitive bidding. The first article he would write after that time period would a 360 degree turn around. Let him feel the pain of a competitive bidding plan that put's his healthcare provider out of business or at best delivers him equipment that fails to work becuae </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5703736551017069324/7446684880150211432/comments/default/745895652183185705'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5703736551017069324/7446684880150211432/comments/default/745895652183185705'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blog.aahomecare.org/2009/01/george-wills-column-on-medicare-bidding.html?showComment=1232740320000#c745895652183185705' title=''/><author><name>Brian</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01644153041057044403</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://blog.aahomecare.org/2009/01/george-wills-column-on-medicare-bidding.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5703736551017069324.post-7446684880150211432' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5703736551017069324/posts/default/7446684880150211432' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1272351686'/></entry></feed>
