Good post patron: Americans are clueless about what is waiting for them just
around the corner. They will find out soon,
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ERCrisis:Calif:Full emergency rooms send ambulances in circles
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ERCrisis:Nevada :" People dying "
" We're going to have extended ambulance response times,
people climbing the walls in waiting rooms and people dying, "
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BOSTON (AP) The notion that when you have a medical emergency you will be
taken by ambulance to the nearest hospital is being challenged by a growing trend
of hospitals shutting down their emergency rooms for hours at a time.
When emergency rooms temporarily close, ambulances must be diverted
boston.com.
Review: America's Healthcare crisis: Big Mama Inflation on the way:
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you said
Message #104835 from patron_anejo_por_favor at May 25, 2001 11:16 AM
<<The nurse shortage isn't really related to inflation. More of a side effect of the managed care mess>>
That's nonsense. If hospitals were overly concerned about the squeeze put on by managed care, they wouldn't be
offering big signing bonuses, now would they?
The nursing shortage IS related to inflation, plus the fact that the work is hard, dirty, sometimes dangerous and usually
unappreciated. Women who would have been good nurses in the past have just found easier ways to make more
money. Managed care entities don't care what hospitals pay their nurses, as long as the hospitals don't insist on
higher reimbursement come contract renewal time. Of course, if everyone (all hospitals) are paying more, and
demanding higher reimbursement, then customers of the managed care entities (large and small businesses, who are
paying the premiums) will scream bloody murder when the increases are passed through (as they most surely will be).
Like all insurance companies, managed care cos and health insurors are basically bookies. Higher costs in=higher
costs out, plus margin and overhead. End result: higher insurance premiums and higher inflation. |
