You got me. I read it again and still can't comprehend how determined it was internal charity.
The hospital told state regulators it spent $10 million on charity care for the poor in fiscal 2007 -- 1.3 percent of its total hospital expenses, according to an analysis performed for The Washington Post by the bipartisan, nonprofit Center for Tax and Budget Accountability. That is below the 2.1 percent average for nonprofit hospitals in Cook County. On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 1:26 PM, Judah McAuley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Must be since the figure you are citing is how much they spend internally on > patients that they never get reimbursed for (ie people without insurance, > medicaid, etc and no ability to pay) and I'm talking about a 2 million > outlay to fund programs that reduce the number of patients that fall in that > category that go to the ER. Hence, if the program works, the amount that > they spend on charity cases should go down. And that would tend to mean that > the people are getting more appropriate care and the hospital is working > more efficiently. Damn those liberals and their efficient solutions! > > On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 1:20 PM, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > That is below the 2.1 percent average for nonprofit hospitals in Cook >> County. >> >> I'm thinking it is:) >> >> On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 1:13 PM, Judah McAuley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >> > I guess it >> > must be a reading comprehension issue then. >> > >> > 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:269094 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
