It serves all of Atlanta and is supported by a 1% sales tax in Fulton and Dekalb counties. It had the best trauma unit in all of Georgia, and a fine burn unit as well (not as good as Augusta though). A lot of poor people in Atlanta depend on that hospital, black and white alike. With the upcoming cuts in Medicaid (as well as Medicare) it will get to a point where doctors and hospitals reach a breaking point, which basically is what Obamacare is designed to do.
I won't even bother signing up. I don't even want to know what the costs are.
They can't make 1/2 of Americans criminals without a huge revolt.
If it is an inner city hospital (which it sounds like) I would be very surprised if it is not operating at a loss already. I can guarantee you they are not making anywhere near a 45 million dollar profit. This if sustained would sink any hospital. Imagine our cities without an inner city hospital with a level one trauma unit . Where will these patients go?
Most hospitals across the country are barely scraping by as is. Medicare and Medicaid are not enough to keep the doors open. When Obamacare hits many will likely have to close. In most major cities (and surrounding suburbs) there are not enough hospital beds to handle a bad flu season let alone an epidemic or mass casualty event. Of course that’s OK because we already have a nursing and doctor shortage. More people may have “insurance” but the system is marginal to start with and could easily collapse like a string of legos falling. Then where will all the newly insured and all the rest of us go for health care?? And don’t forget the aging of the population I’d already straining the system as more people awe getting too the age where they are more likely to need hospitalization but are moving into the lower paying Medicare population. I don’t think many hospital CEOs are sleeping well at night
“With the upcoming cuts in Medicaid (as well as Medicare) it will get to a point where doctors and hospitals reach a breaking point, which basically is what Obamacare is designed to do.”
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That is EXACTLY what the unaffordable don’t give a damn act is designed to do, the only mystery is why anyone ever thought otherwise. I really cannot understand how we have descended to the level that we have. We dropped the voting age to 18 when we should have been raising it to 50 and eliminating anyone who is not a self supporting citizen able to read, write and understand the constitution. Of course that last part would mean that most of our judges, including half of the Supremes, would not be allowed to vote.
I remember a column by Lewis Grizzard saying as much as we all joke about Grady if you need trauma care, Grady is where you want to be.