Si, comprende. Could they put more money into the program? Yes they could. But you don't start a program by throwing all your money at it. Its a pilot program, they've made some changes based on feedback and it will continue to grow and, I hope, "save a whole bunch of community health centers". To date, they haven't. Now if the ER ends up sending more and more people to clinics and doesn't increase funding, if they are overwhelming the clinics and those patients are being treated, I'll stand up with you and tell off the hospital. But nowhere in that article does it state that that is the case. I can see how program could be used to segregate people if it was implemented in a duplicitous and unethical fashion. And the South Side of Chicago has certainly seen plenty of that in its time, so I can understand some people being leery, but even this critic you quote says "to date that hasn't happened", meaning that yeah, they aren't where we'd like them to be yet. But it doesn't sound to me like someone that is fundamentally against the program. Could be selective quoting though obviously. But from everything I've read, the fundamental idea is sound and worthwhile. Execution, as always, can be the deal breaker.
Judah On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 2:03 PM, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Comprende the next two paragraphs? > > Center executives said the initiative, on which they spent $2 million > last year, could be a national model. Critics, however, describe the > program as an attempt to ensure that the hospital retains only > affluent patients with insurance. > > "If you put enough money into it, you could save a whole bunch of > community health centers," Young said. "But to date, they haven't." > > On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 1:50 PM, Judah McAuley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > 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. > >ttp://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=13476.12177.5 > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:269105 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
