Comments on: ANOTHER HOSPITAL BITES THE DUST http://www.healthcarebs.com/2008/10/22/another-hospital-bites-the-dust/ Cleaning the Augean Stables of the Health Care Debate Thu, 10 May 2012 21:39:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Marc B. http://www.healthcarebs.com/2008/10/22/another-hospital-bites-the-dust/#comment-350447 Marc B. Thu, 23 Oct 2008 21:36:12 +0000 http://www.healthcarebs.com/2008/10/22/another-hospital-bites-the-dust/#comment-350447 I don't see how any of this will provide more income for hospitals, unless you mean that the government pays more through Medicare/Medicaid - and that means more taxes. Regulation is a necessity - you can't afford to have hospitals slip into substandard care like Lincoln; eliminating benefit mandates will surely just mean fewer services paid for and less income; and the marginal effect of the uninsured buying lower cost out of state plans will hardly amount to much. No, I can only see you want more nationalisation, which is the way things are going anyway. I don’t see how any of this will provide more income for hospitals, unless you mean that the government pays more through Medicare/Medicaid – and that means more taxes. Regulation is a necessity – you can’t afford to have hospitals slip into substandard care like Lincoln; eliminating benefit mandates will surely just mean fewer services paid for and less income; and the marginal effect of the uninsured buying lower cost out of state plans will hardly amount to much. No, I can only see you want more nationalisation, which is the way things are going anyway.

]]> By: Catron http://www.healthcarebs.com/2008/10/22/another-hospital-bites-the-dust/#comment-350299 Catron Thu, 23 Oct 2008 20:20:16 +0000 http://www.healthcarebs.com/2008/10/22/another-hospital-bites-the-dust/#comment-350299 Drastic reduction of counterproductive, overlapping, and contradictory regulations; Medicare and Medicaid payment reform; Elimination of benefit mandates and restrictions on interstate purchase of private insurance. These changes, along with a variety of others, would eliminate most of the problems that killed this hospital and many others. Drastic reduction of counterproductive, overlapping, and contradictory regulations; Medicare and Medicaid payment reform; Elimination of benefit mandates and restrictions on interstate purchase of private insurance.

These changes, along with a variety of others, would eliminate most of the problems that killed this hospital and many others.

]]> By: Marc B. http://www.healthcarebs.com/2008/10/22/another-hospital-bites-the-dust/#comment-350137 Marc B. Thu, 23 Oct 2008 17:40:07 +0000 http://www.healthcarebs.com/2008/10/22/another-hospital-bites-the-dust/#comment-350137 Where will the money come from to fund your community hospitals to stop them closing? Where will the money come from to fund your community hospitals to stop them closing?

]]> By: Catron http://www.healthcarebs.com/2008/10/22/another-hospital-bites-the-dust/#comment-349837 Catron Thu, 23 Oct 2008 14:16:23 +0000 http://www.healthcarebs.com/2008/10/22/another-hospital-bites-the-dust/#comment-349837 Sounds like a typical NHS hospital. But seriously, Marc, your genius for missing the point is once again in evidence. Here’s what happened: the government created all manner of red tape and regs, then reduced payments so much that the hospital could not afford to comply. Government health care strikes again. Sounds like a typical NHS hospital.

But seriously, Marc, your genius for missing the point is once again in evidence. Here’s what happened: the government created all manner of red tape and regs, then reduced payments so much that the hospital could not afford to comply.

Government health care strikes again.

]]> By: Marc B. http://www.healthcarebs.com/2008/10/22/another-hospital-bites-the-dust/#comment-349643 Marc B. Thu, 23 Oct 2008 12:15:01 +0000 http://www.healthcarebs.com/2008/10/22/another-hospital-bites-the-dust/#comment-349643 I guess you've not seen this from the Chicago Tribune: 'Lincoln Park Hospital has been in violation of state health and safety codes, putting patients at risk and threatening the facility's ability to get federal funding in the future, according to state and federal health records and a national hospital accreditor. 'The 125-year-old North Side hospital, which is closing in the face of financial troubles, has been operating since at least July despite the violations, which include ineffective communication among staff and inadequate monitoring of patients, according to records. In addition, its policies related to "infant abduction security" were flawed, state health officials said.' I guess you’ve not seen this from the Chicago Tribune:

‘Lincoln Park Hospital has been in violation of state health and safety codes, putting patients at risk and threatening the facility’s ability to get federal funding in the future, according to state and federal health records and a national hospital accreditor.

‘The 125-year-old North Side hospital, which is closing in the face of financial troubles, has been operating since at least July despite the violations, which include ineffective communication among staff and inadequate monitoring of patients, according to records. In addition, its policies related to “infant abduction security” were flawed, state health officials said.’

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