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Post by roman on Dec 5, 2015 8:40:57 GMT -6
I wonder what happened with the City's antitrust charge before the FTC?
St. Mary's Hospital up for sale Sep 9, 2015 at 9:00pm
Post by roman on Sep 9, 2015 at 9:00pm When the FTC rules? Somebody in power needs to learn something about Antitrust Law.
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Post by rukidding (towns local troll) on Dec 5, 2015 9:16:57 GMT -6
Nationalize health care does not work, I am surprised no one mentioned that, the state only pays for 30% of any bills, most Doctors are leaving because of Nationalize health care, that has to be one main reason for the closing..... but they rather keep a lid on that. Any one agree? I don't think ANY Doctor is leaving because of "Nationalize Health Care". Do you think the Doctors are going to go into another Profession that DOESN'T require Health Care? It's a NATIONALIZED Health Care, NOT LOCAL.
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Post by rukidding (towns local troll) on Dec 5, 2015 9:18:33 GMT -6
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Post by chevypower on Dec 5, 2015 13:04:06 GMT -6
Nationalize health care does not work, I am surprised no one mentioned that, the state only pays for 30% of any bills, most Doctors are leaving because of Nationalize health care, that has to be one main reason for the closing..... but they rather keep a lid on that. Any one agree? I don't think ANY Doctor is leaving because of "Nationalize Health Care". Do you think the Doctors are going to go into another Profession that DOESN'T require Health Care? It's a NATIONALIZED Health Care, NOT LOCAL. I should of stipulated that a lot of them are going to the foreign countries where they will get paid.
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Post by chevypower on Dec 5, 2015 13:09:53 GMT -6
Anyway, no one has really answered the question about the hospital and why they really are closing? national health care would be a major factor? anyone.....
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Post by OutlawwithaSnipeSniper on Dec 5, 2015 20:46:19 GMT -6
CP, they are losing because of gross mismanagement for decades and the fact that the Hospital is way too big for a community this size and the current medical practices.
Just in the past decade, how many formerly inpatient surgeries have now become outpatient?
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Post by chevypower on Dec 6, 2015 4:43:48 GMT -6
Sure you are mostly right I suppose sniper, but the new health care bill has to play a part in it too I would guess.
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Post by OutlawwithaSnipeSniper on Dec 6, 2015 12:35:12 GMT -6
Absolutely, but you can't hang it all on Obamacare.
Just the final nail in the coffin.
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Post by rocket on Dec 6, 2015 13:36:24 GMT -6
What needs done is government regulations on how much Hospitals and insurance companies charge. There prices are outrageous due to greed. Regulations on prices may actually allow all people to get affordable insurance coverage.
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Post by OutlawwithaSnipeSniper on Dec 6, 2015 13:46:45 GMT -6
What needs done is government regulations on how much Hospitals and insurance companies charge. There prices are outrageous due to greed. Regulations on prices may actually allow all people to get affordable insurance coverage. Nope, you are so far off the mark it isn't funny. Price controls restrict access, not enhance it. Truth in pricing would illuminate the issue though.
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Post by capncrunch on Dec 6, 2015 15:14:15 GMT -6
What needs done is government regulations on how much Hospitals and insurance companies charge. There prices are outrageous due to greed. Regulations on prices may actually allow all people to get affordable insurance coverage. Good idea. But if the government steps in by regulating what Insurance companies(including car insurance) cost than there would not be that type of business out there.
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Post by Kyle Mitchell on Dec 7, 2015 9:22:54 GMT -6
it was reported that one of the members on the review board was asleep while hearing the discussions of the closing. Was Kyle speaking at the Time? Since I wasn't even there, don't you think that it is much more likely that it was people from our declining community that were speaking? Perhaps they just weren't interested in hearing what anyone had to say about the matter because they understood that they couldn't force business to stay in a community that just continues to decline.
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Post by Kyle Mitchell on Dec 7, 2015 9:23:42 GMT -6
National health care laws and more procedures being done in outpatient facilities certainly doesn't explain expansions of hospitals in places like Eureka, Franklin, Barrington, Winfield, Rockford, and O'Fallen. I think it has a lot more to do with our community's continual decline. Perhaps if our City leaders started actually addressing the problems, treating people better, and stop telling them to just leave if they don't like the way they run our City, we might not keep declining and be able to have things like a movie theatre, a hospital, and a lot more.
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Post by OutlawwithaSnipeSniper on Dec 7, 2015 9:35:52 GMT -6
Kyle, give it a rest.
I suppose you want Streator to be like Rockford?
Like I said, give it a rest.
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Post by Kyle Mitchell on Dec 7, 2015 11:47:53 GMT -6
Kyle, give it a rest. I suppose you want Streator to be like Rockford? Like I said, give it a rest. I don't expect or want Streator to be like Rockford, it was just one example of many communities with an expanding hospital, despite national health care policies and trends. Streator has a lot of good qualities and people, but continually declining population is not good for any community and it just doesn't have to be this way, in my opinion.
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