It is an overflow issue because the clinics can't keep up. They need more space and more funds. The hospitals is saying we don't need to help. If they really cared they'de set up a clinic in the hospital to help with the non emergencies, or donate doctor hours to clinics that are overloaded. Like all the other hospitals do.
On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 1:36 PM, Judah McAuley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > They aren't sending heart attack patients with no insurance to the clinics. > It's not not an overflow issue, its about the type of care required. I have > no idea what your medical background is, but suffice to say, different > medical groups have different sorts of specializations. If a poor black > person comes in to a clinic with a heart attack, they are getting sent to > the hospital. Same as a rich white person. The issue that is trying to be > addressed is non-emergency care that can be handled more efficiently and > many times with better results in a non-emergency facility. The fact that > the emergency room is being used as a primary care source is an artifact of > our fucked up insurance system. It has nothing to do with the medical system > and the only thing it has to do with race/class is that black people are > more likely to be poor and not have insurance. > > Believe it or not, this happens in areas without a lot of black people. I > work doing healthcare-related software and volunteer helping out a > non-profit clinic whose primary mission is with young homeless people. They > work with a wide variety of people outside that primary mission as well, but > that is their core group. But they also work with a number of other clinics > (and yes, hospitals) that have different core focuses and they each refer > patients to each other because they are best suited to deal with the issues > at hand. And yes, this is happening with groups run by and for plenty of > white people. No Republicans though, we kicked them out of Portland a long > time ago. > > Judah ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:269086 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
