That's exactly what they are doing. Go read your own article: "Obama's program has enjoyed favorable news media coverage in Chicago and was eventually expanded into a broader program, the Urban Health Initiative. Under the effort, the hospital has started providing selected clinics with part-time medical personnel and has given $350,000 to enable a nearby clinic to nearly double in size."
Donate doctor hours? check. Donate money to expand space and provide more care? Check. Once again, seems to be a reading comprehension issue. Or just a natural bent toward being argumentative for arguments sake. On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 1:46 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 > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:269091 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
