um what is the $2 million doing? On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 2:46 PM, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > >
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