"Watching My Father Die Now"

The Provocateur ^ | 09/09/2009 | Mike Volpe

[fiscon1]

Earlier in the summer, Grady Hospital announced that come September the hospital would be closing down their dialysis unit.

Grady Health System officials on Monday, July 13, 2009, set in motion a series of steps that could lead to a change in how Grady delivers dialysis treatment.

Officials also announced the merger of two neighborhood health clinics in order to maximize efficiency and save money.

[Intolerant in NJ]

It is primarily for the poor, Medicare, Medicaid, and undocumented/illegals in the area of Atlanta...and therein lies its problem - Medicare payments represent only about 90% of the actual costs hospitals and physicians face in providing medical care - Medicaid pays even less, about 75% - if Grady doesn't want to commit suicide, in which case maybe hundreds of patients would be without care, it's got to cut it's losses where it can (and we've got to hope Obama doesn't get his single payer program, which would bankrupt much of the medical system in this country - or put lots more patients on a death watch)......

[tbw2]

In Obama's system, the immigrants priority, old folks who paid into the system for decades get cut off. ObamaCare Jokes Obama Jokes