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Here at #FairWorkweek hearing with sponsors starting us off strong - @SerenaForCO explains that single parents & working parents are left with a CPS call when they don't have predictable work schedules to pick their kids up

Unstable schedules impact 400k Coloradans #copolitics
@SerenaForCO reminds us corporate lobbyists are out numbering us.

@EmilyForCO "We are here today to address unpredictable hours... which means unpredictable pay... 1/3rd of workers in Colorado who are in the most impacted sectors - couldn't cover an emergency" #copolitics
"we continue to create communities where workers can thrive... studies show that fair scheduling builds trust for employees and employers" #copolitics

"workers who have a say in their schedule are more productive" says @EmilyForCO
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Sadly, #MedicareForAll will not help #healthcare costs until the underlying problem with MEDICARE and the ENTIRE HEALTH SYSTEM is FIXED, a LONG 🧵 1 of 24 #Medtwitter @somedocs @AmerMedicalAssn @WCMSSM @MichStateMedSoc References: bit.ly/3rBcvGP bit.ly/3lE3nxf
2/ b/c @SenateFloor @HouseFloor & @CMSGov are yet again not fixing the true problem & instead are again targeting #Physicians by decreasing payments by another 9.75% on top of the fact that reimbursements to providers has already been decreased by 22% over the past 2 decades
3/ On average only 40% of the what your #insurance , including #Medicare , pays your doctor actually goes to the doctor as #income . The overhead costs to be a doctor takes at least 60% of the payment a doctor gets from Medicare or Insurance equivalent. bit.ly/3ptDX6B
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It's strange that everyone on health policy twitter is not going apes over the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (#OPPS) rule released today

It contains one hugely significant proposal that hospitals will fight bitterly...but could actually help them in the long run
Background- there are two different CMS payment systems for historic/operational reasons, one for professional services, and the other for hospital outpatient depts.

Up until now, there had never been an effort to make sure that equivalent services would have same payment rate.
In fact, the same procedure paid for in hospital OPD setting ended up being reimbursed at a much higher rate than the exact same procedure at a doctor’s office.

Here’s how @MartinSGaynor and Paul Ginsburg and I described it in our “Making Markets Work” White Paper
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