In what has been a bleak environment for health care practices dealing with the effects of COVID-19, Saturday brought providers a bit of good news.
Let me guess, The Trump University Skool of Medical Stuff just granted the entire Trump Family medical degrees…
Our nation’s doctors are all Wimpy now. I’ll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today.
In all seriousness, I’m happy about this. Private practice doctors operate a small business that often runs on thin margins. Without adequate cash flow, it means laying off employees, difficulty with rent payments, insurance premiums, light bills, etc.
Since it’s just a payment in advance, it shouldn’t raise the deficit.
And maybe now they’ll stop selling PPE on the black market.
O ye of little imagination!
So many new opportunities for corruption.
eta…I am glad that some real attention is being paid to the overburdened medical community that is also facing the same economic uncertainty as the rest of us.
I’m actually telling my doctor friends to take the money, and see what happens. Worst case scenario, as I understand it, is it’s a zero interest loan.
Sorry, can’t stop to chat. I’m rushing to write a business plan.
One thing this Coronavirus has show is the First Gold-Digger doesn’t really give a crap about anything…
I mean nothing personal or anything, but looking at the header photo - is Seema Verma the most evil-looking woman in America, or what? Right out of Central Casting…
Another point, this seems to be a lifesaver for physician owners, but does nothing for employed physicians. They may not carry overhead, but also have bills to pay, and may or may not be getting paid by their bosses during this time of social distancing.
Does nothing for employed physicians if we don’t count keeping them employed?
That’s the thing though. That’s going to depend on their boss. I would think most bosses would keep their doctors happy (or at least honor any contractual obligations), but Verma hasn’t made that obligatory in this plan. It’s strictly optional.
And if you have almost no patients right now, how long can you hold out? That being said, the SBA has a PPP loan available to help doctors with payroll and rent.
Yes, the technical term is “trickle down.”
Seema needs to soften her look a little. Maybe some highlights? The Maleficent thing she has going on isn’t exactly comforting. Neither for that matter are her comments.
In March 2019, *[Politico reported that in her role as CMS administrator, Verma approved communications subcontracts worth more than $2 million of taxpayer funds on Republican-connected communications consultants and other expenses to boost her visibility and public image. Included in the consultants’ work were proposals to have Verma featured in magazines like *[Glamour] and have her invited to prestigious events like the Kennedy honors to increase her public persona.
Politico reported that Verma clashed with Acting HHS Secretary Alex Azar over which plans will replace Obamacare and who will get credit for those efforts, according to anonymous administration officials. Reportedly, this was not the first clash Verma had with her superiors as Politico reports that Verma hired a lawyer to file a claim of a “hostile work environment” against Secretary [Tom Price]
On August 20, 2018, Verma filed a claim requesting that taxpayers reimburse her for jewelry that was allegedly stolen on a work-related trip to [San Francisco]. Although she requested $47,000, including a $325 claim for moisturizer and a $5,900 Ivanka Trump-brand pendant, she ultimately received $2,852.40 in reimbursement.
In December of 2019, columnist [Michael Hiltzik] of the Los Angeles Times declared “Seema Verma is the greatest threat to public health programs in the Trump administration, with the possible exception only of Azar himself.”
Wiki is our friend.
All she has to be is female, not white, and willing to lay down her honor for a check or a promotion.
The disease is ambition.
I wonder what’s going to happen to dentists and optometrists?
Is that you Skeletor Scott?
No, I can only aspire to Scott-level crookery.
" Medicaid and Medicare Services "
When you don’t have either.