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Government Pays Doctors $44,000 to Use an iPad
More upward wealth redistribution from the good folks at the Obama administration!
Now starving doctors will finally be able to afford an iPad thanks to your generous tax contribution! With the increased efficiency of electronic record keeping they’ll probably even be able to fire some of their fat cat administrative staff!
The Obama administration strongly desires that all medical records be electronic. There’s an app called Drchrono for the iPad which can make that transition happen. Logically, the government will give up to $44,000 to any doctor willing to use it.
Thank goodness we were able to raise the debt ceiling! Now the government can afford to help these destitute medical professionals climb from the impoverished depths of the 0.2% highest income earners in the world to the 0.1% highest earners.
There are 954 thousand doctors in the US. Assuming every doctor took advantage of this, it would cost the US taxpayer $42 billion dollars.
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- #2 written by Sebpa 3 months ago
Spare me – everything you said here is completely misleading – and not by a little bit. FIrst, the amount available to docs is more. Second, it’s not to use an iPad, it’s the total credit available for all investment in electronic health records – that’s a national goal that’s been in place for over 15 years – it’s designed to improve patient care and efficiency across the board for all healthcare providers. Qualified institutions and providers can take the credit only against their actual expenses – no different than any other tax credit. The credit only goes against actual investment – so your claim is lame. I give you 4 pinocchios.
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