They haven't taken the program to the point where it helps the community. It takes it just far enough to save them a bundle and give the hospital and upscale aura.
There's nothing to indicate that they ever will. On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 2:19 PM, Judah McAuley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:269106 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
