Bishop's fury gets [NJ Gov] McGreevey to flip-flop

Newark Star Ledger ^ | 11/22/02 | Jeff Whelan

[Incorrigible]

Despite this despicable governor's Catholic schooling, he has so rarely sided with Catholics that I consider this a breakthrough.  I'm glad Bishop Bootkoski (my Bishop) decided to play hardball on this one. 

"Bishop, I am a governor, not a king," McGreevey said "But I'm working on it!"

[Incorrigible]

FYI

[Salvation]

**The Catholic Spirit, the Metuchen Diocese's newspaper, declared a "preliminary victory" in the fight to maintain what it termed "an essential pro-life resource." Unlike Robert Wood Johnson, St. Peter's Hospital does not perform abortions.**

A bump to the top for this Bishop!

[Salvation]

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"Bishop's fury gets [NJ Gov] McGreevey to flip-flop"

The title of this thread conjures up some rather interesting images, I must say.....

[Salvation]

LOL! Now where is your mind?

[ELS]

Good for Bishop Bootkoski! May he continue to stand up for what is right.

[hobbes1]

Thanx....

[Unknown Freeper]

My daughter was born three months early at St. Peter's. The people in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit there were wonderful to us. (She was in the NICU for two months.) While others warned us she probably wouldn't make it, these miracle workers made sure she was taken care of and that we had the medical and emotional support we needed.

Recently, we went to the NICU reunion for "graduates." I was so happy to be able to bring my four-year-old to see the people who helped make sure she could be the happy and healthy person she is now.

Please support St. Peter's. For once, McGreevey should do the right thing.

St. Peter’s University Hospital

[ninenot]

It may or may not have been brought up: but exactly how much EXPENSE will be placed upon hospital rate-payers when RWJohnson builds a facility identical to the StPeter's facility?

Duplicating bricks, mortar, and the machines and equipment has to be a consideration at some point...it has become so in SEWisconsin, were heatlh insurance premiums have risen by 100% in the last 5 years.

Think about that one..

[katherineisgreat]

Wow. you have it really rough down there. A pro-life bump!

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The singing in my mind of a sacred hymn has driven away all bad thoughts with great dispatch......

[Antoninus]

He started out his political career campaigning in churches in Middlesex County as an anti-abortion candidate. But he later changed his abortion stance, and was subsequently banned from addressing congregations in the diocese. Those close to him said the move hurt him deeply.

Yeah, that's too bad governor. So much for those of us who are hurt deeply by your flip-flop on aborton -- not least of which are the thousands of unborn babes who now reside in NJ landfills.

[Mr. Bird]

Think about that one..

I was surprised it took 10 posts to find someone who hit the nail on the head. Typically, hospitals in the same area work to provide complementary specialty services to their communities. The reason? As you said, costs. Specialty services like trauma centers, birthing centers, cancer centers, etc. by definition draw from a smaller "customer" base. Except for the largest metropolitan areas, one hospital providing a large-scale specialty is enough. If they start competing, it is a very real possibility that one may falter, causing a decrease in the level of care to the community as a whole.

[Alberta's Child]

There is a rather disgraceful side to this whole story. The bishops of this state reacted more strongly to the threat to a revenue-generating facility than it has done to anything else this governor has done.

But he later changed his abortion stance, and was subsequently banned from addressing congregations in the diocese. Those close to him said the move hurt him deeply.

He may have been "banned from addressing congregations," (which lay people in the Catholic Church are not supposed to do anyway in most circumstances), but he still gets a hero's welcome from any shanty "Irish Catholic" group that wants to host him in a Catholic church.

BTW, a jackass like McGreevey is never "hurt deeply" by anything, especially if it is the result of a calculated political move.

[RobbyS]

not least of which are the thousands of unborn babes who now reside in NJ landfills. Perhaps mingling their ashes with those of family pets.

[ninenot]

If they start competing, it is a very real possibility that one may falter, causing a decrease in the level of care to the community as a whole

In SE Wisconsin, that's not the precise order of things.

What really happens is that the hospitals simply raise their rates to cover the costs, regardless of the 'empty space.'

We have a hospital chain up here which has embarked on a (now 15-year-old) expansion kick--I honestly think the CEO thinks that being McDonald's --one on every corner-- is the best way to capture the market.

Since this has begun, health insurance rates have gone straight up.

There are other factors which have driven the cost of health care: lawyers, better technology, and a peculiar-to-Wisconsin problem with Medicare/Medicaid reimbursements, not to mention pharmaceutical costs.

But duplication of facility and equipment has NOT led (yet) to a deterioration in service quality. Rather, it has led to increased cost.

[foreverfree]

bump

[Arthur McGowan]

...but he still gets a hero's welcome from any shanty "Irish Catholic" group that wants to host him in a Catholic church...

How dare you say such a thing. It should say ...but he still gets a hero's welcome from any shanty-Irish "Catholic" group that wants to host him in a Catholic church...

[Alberta's Child]

My apologies. I stand corrected. LOL!