Posted on 10/20/2007 5:27:29 AM PDT by kellynla
Brotman Medical Center, a key healthcare provider serving Los Angeles' Westside, is expected to seek protection from creditors in Bankruptcy Court as early as next week, according to three executives familiar with the matter.
Administrators at the 420-bed hospital in Culver City have tried for months to avoid filing a bankruptcy petition but have continued struggling to pay its growing debt.
Brotman became the center of a firestorm last month when state health inspectors released a report finding that doctors and nurses failed to provide proper care to a mentally disabled woman, who died after a series of medical mistakes.
The medical center is expected to file under bankruptcy provisions that will give management more time to fix its financial problems.
Since 1996, more than 70 community hospitals have closed across the state, with a disproportionate share -- more than 50 -- in Southern California. Regionally, 14 emergency rooms have closed in the last five years, including 10 in Los Angeles County.
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
BUMP
Federal. It's called EMTALA.
-ccm
“”Since 1996, more than 70 community hospitals have closed across the state, with a disproportionate share — more than 50 — in Southern California.”
Hospitals that have been in business for 75-100 years have gone broke due to ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION!!
BTTT
Brotman has/had a great alcohol and drug treatment center. I’m sure it has been long gone.
I don't know how long you've been in AZ Sharky, but AZ has had a sizable infiltration of liberals in the past 15 years that have had us stuck with Crappy Nappy Janet Napalitano for a Gov for 5+ years, along with her co-hort useless Atty. General Terry Goddard, who refuse to sign over anti-illegal alien bills that the people (both sides of the aisle) have voted for overwhelmingly. Maricopa Co has been inundated by liberals from California and New York, which has changed the demographics here tremendously in 15 years.
Tucson has it's own problems with CA transplants, and is one of the most liberal parts of the state. They just elected a liberal democrat open borders hag to their district as a US Representative last year. Heck even my own (previously conservative) district lost out to a hapless democrat last year.
We need to fight hard and retake our state and get these socialist libs out of here! There are already way too many of them here. Maybe our slow housing market will chase them out. Unfortunately the hot weather hasn't, they all have learned how to work the A/C in their homes and cars :o(
Ah, our beautiful, lovely Governor Janet Napolitano. They don’t come more liberal than her. (I was surprised that Sheriff Joe endorsed her.) I was also surprised that she signed the employer sanction bill. She has vetoed almost every attempt to stop illegal immigrants in this state since she became Governor.
Ah, reporting from the occupied People's Republic of Tucson, sir! The Grill may as well admit her allegiance is non-American - she studied in Mexico, is proud of her bilingual habits to the point of supremacism, and has made numerous trips overseas instead of representing her district. She's yet another plant by a foreign government.
That butch HAG has vetoed more bills in her first 4 years than any other gov had in eight.
And her favorite game is to spin it around, and blame others for "not getting the job done."
Ah yes, the illustrious "citizen of the world" play acting as a representative of American citizens best interests.
And how familiar does that sound with other "world citizens" supposedly serving in US public office with American's best interests in mind? All too familiar, unfortunately.
My original premise is stated above and was in response to KelleyAnn's contention that the entire problem was GWB's fault. Thus your interpretation that I was addressing financial incompetence is incorrect. The funding issue was raised only when there was a blanket assertion that Federal Law required ALL hospitals provide care for everyone. Then the argument devolved into a fun academic discussion. :-)
BTW, if you are a Californian, good luck.
You're so right!
Your claim that this is YOUR thread is the epitome of arrogance.
With regard to the specific issue, I have proffered, with extracts from source documents, that the Federal Law provides rare exceptions to the mandatory treatment provision. I have admitted that these exceptions are so limited that they have no practical consequences. Nevertheless, your insistence that the requirement is absolute is flawed.
Your implied threat of violence towards me negates any possibility that I would consider apologizing to you.
And a good day to you as well.
“The TIMES..........would rather go into convulsions on broken glass that write Illegal Alien.”
Oooooooooooooo I want to see that...
:)
Last night there were 2 trolls named Porterville and Horitos acting much the same way on a thread of mine...
I told the Admin Moderator....
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1914002/posts
I notice the biggest Jerks, flamers and trolls “Have not created an ABOUT page.”
They are the same as wjhat Rush talks about when he spaeks of “The Drive-By Media”
It appears these people want to be anonymous hit and run artists.
“Your claim that this is YOUR thread is the epitome of arrogance?”
hey, genius, who posted this thread? I did!
“Your implied threat of violence towards me negates any possibility that I would consider apologizing to you?”
I stated “And finally, anytime “verity”, you think you have the stones to insult me or others face-to-face; you just let us know.”
If you find my statement “threatening violence” then English comprehension is your deficiency. Now, what is your excuse for not apologizing to the others whom you have insulted on this thread...you’re running out of excuses.
now, run along, quit bothering me and LEARN SOME MANNERS!
Hate filled rants, based on ignorance, and being called on your spiteful venom, is no reason to call the moderator. In fact, I believe you are abusing the role of the moderator.
But then, you are a hateful newby.
I told the Admin Moderator....
The Admin Moderator hasn't removed my posting privileges after your smears, unless "troll" is defined as "not agreeing with my uninformed opinions." The other individual whom you unjustly labeled as a "troll" has more than 5 years of posting history to your less than one, and hence was laughable at best.
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