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Originally Posted by justjim
Given the population of TV and surrounding area, TV Hospital is not large enough to handle the number of patients (especially in the winter) given their age and it doesn't take a smart person to figure that out! Apparently, it takes(1) money and (2) political clout to get the job done. hmmnn.....
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Good to think about. And that when government (Congress) "gives" money to improve healthcare financing for one sector of the population (
as is truly needed for the percentage that's uninsured or "uninsurable"), it
takes from another sector....that's already in deep financial trouble.
"....Medicare is already paying more in benefits than it receives in income.
As a result, the Medicare trustees in their most recent report issued a “Medicare funding warning” again, for the sixth straight year. Yet despite the looming crisis, before lawmakers start cutting benefits, raising premiums or increasing taxes, let’s fix Medicare first and make it worth saving.
Over the years, Medicare has become more complicated and confusing for the beneficiaries covered...."
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/24/op...-medicare.html
The writer, an economist, is a clinical associate professor of social welfare at Stony Brook University and a former senior investigator for the New York State attorney general’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit.