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So the high end hospital treated the emergency, stabilized the patient, and then sent him to the public hospital (where his health plan is taken) for his surgery….that’s normal hospital procedure.

If they had refused to see the kid to stabilize him before sending him elsewhere, that would be illegal and a problem.

You are all bashing UCMC and attacking from the left, joining up with Bobby Rush. How sad that ODS would drive conservatives into such madness.

I agree. The story needs some depth added to it.

1)What percentage of those low income patients were from the SURROUNDING community?
2)Did those patients walk to the hospital or did they have a car? (they are being bussed to diff hospitals so I am assuming that they walked or were given rides by friends)
3)Are the hospitals that were forced to take these patients in BETTER or WORSE financial condition now because the reimbursement rate of Medicare didn’t cover the treatment? This one is huge because if they are failing now with these patients how many hospitals are going to go under when we are all on government health insurance and they dictate the reimbursement rate?

journeyintothewhirlwind on July 23, 2009 at 10:59 AM

Read the link above (update; June 19) from michelle malkin.com It’s a good read – be sure to follow her links.

In February 2009, outrage in the Obamas’ community exploded after a young boy covered by Medicaid was turned away from the University of Chicago Medical Center. Dontae Adams’ mother, Angela, had sought emergency treatment for him after a pit bull tore off his upper lip. Mrs. Obama’s hospital gave the boy a tetanus shot, antibiotics, and Tylenol and shoved him out the door. The mother and son took an hour-long bus ride to another hospital for surgery

Hard to tell whether it’s a patient dumping scheme or a prudent program to divert non-emergency patients to non-emergency care, thus saving the hospital a lot of money and time.

Infidoll on July 23, 2009 at 12:48 PM

Not so hard at all: They were taking/billing the insured (aka people with money) and ‘dumping’ the poor people. There are questions as to how much federal tax subsidies (to treat the poor) vs. how much they spent treating the poor. They took the money and dumped the poor patients, and didn’t dump the ‘paying customers’.

They should also investigate the huge cost (waste) in michelle obama’s salary: She got like a 100% raise when barack became a us senator; he directed millions to the hospital…

oh, and one should never, ever use the word ‘prudent’ when describing a government-run program! :)

And that HOUSE BILL has a statement in it that says the Health Care Coordinator after 18 months of the plan going into effect and studying it -WILL MAKE SURE THERE IS NO INCENTIVE FOR A BUSINESS TO SELF INSURE. I read it. It is in there.

It is IRONIC that Michelle and Obama want us to go to a government plan that will bankrupt hospitals with underpayment when she was the driving force rescuing UCMC from having an imbalance of non paying/low paying vs fully covered patients.

That is my point and I think Hannity’s, Ed’s, Michelle’s etc.

If only The One were a few years younger, he would have been the activist investigating Michelle’s plan.

Both Barry and Michelle are despicable human beings. Obama is not fit to lead, in any capacity. After reading this story about Michelle Obama’s cruelty and total disregard for the downtrodden in Chicago, during the most vulnerable times, in their lives, Mr. Obama must not be permitted to touch our present health care system. He’s a Chicago gangster who has been afforded the opportunity of playing the role of President of the United States. He’s having a great time, like a kid in a candy store.

I hope Hannity and other hosts on Fox News keep the “Patient Dumping” story alive for all Americans to evaluate.

yep

Still, she cannot masquerade as a friend of the needy classes if she was in any kind of position to monitor this program,
jeanie on July 23, 2009 at 1:49 PM

I agree.

Anyway, I’m not sure that the 93rd hottest woman on the planet can be expected to worry her pretty head about these things!

Still, she cannot masquerade as a friend of the needy classes if she was in any kind of position to monitor this program, which it seems she did not even though she was in a position to do so. It’s nice you’re so kind about it, but she’ll never be off the hook as far as I’m concerned. As far as is known she is not on record as having spoken up or making any effort to ascertain the results of this policy. Michelle O. seems(so far) unable to follow through on much that she does or says except, possibly, her fashion statements. Will agree that this is old news and probably not provable.