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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 07:28 AM Original message |
HCA leads campaign to curb doctor-owned hospitals |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 07:49 AM Response to Original message |
1. A tough one.. |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 08:08 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. By That Rationale |
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Celebration (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 08:36 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. it is different |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 08:42 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. HCA and Others |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 09:24 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Bingo! this isn't a public hosp vs private hosp argument |
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acmejack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 10:22 AM Response to Reply #5 |
15. HCA is Frist, inc! |
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SharonAnn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 12:42 PM Response to Reply #5 |
30. HCA was started by Doctor Frist, father of Dr. Bill Frist and HCA |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 06:12 PM Response to Reply #5 |
53. HCA is a for profit corporation. |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 08:50 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. I don't know if it's all THAT different |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 10:32 AM Response to Reply #7 |
19. but HCA isn't a public hospital |
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SharonAnn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 12:44 PM Response to Reply #19 |
31. They were fined more than $1 Billion for Medicare Fraud |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 01:11 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. I forgot about that |
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triguy46 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 01:17 PM Response to Reply #7 |
37. Unfortunately, you are not exactly accurate |
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WhoDaThunk (13 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 05:59 PM Response to Reply #37 |
51. fee schedules |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 10:32 AM Response to Reply #3 |
20. What about hospitals owned by huge corporations? |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 08:40 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Ok... |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 08:48 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. My Experience With HCA |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 09:18 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. You presuppose... |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 10:01 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. I Only Presuppose a Possibility - But That's Besides The Point |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 10:12 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. "The way things are".... |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 11:02 AM Response to Reply #14 |
24. No doctor owned lab can exist off the business of only the doctor-owner |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 01:18 PM Response to Reply #12 |
38. You are assuming too much |
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rainbow4321 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 09:47 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. HCA is all about $$$$ |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 10:30 AM Response to Reply #1 |
18. I'd rather have someone who took a Hippocratic oath own the hospital... |
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rainbow4321 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 12:22 PM Response to Reply #18 |
26. Except a shitload of those oath takers... |
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bmbmd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 12:35 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. No tirade here, Rainnbow- |
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rainbow4321 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 12:58 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. Try telling that to a family member.. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 01:11 PM Response to Reply #27 |
36. As a patient |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 01:26 PM Response to Reply #27 |
39. Depends what you consider unnecessary Doc |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 04:02 PM Response to Reply #26 |
46. Why are we criticizing labor and not management? Isn't it obvious that the |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 01:26 PM Response to Reply #1 |
40. Not tough at all. Anytime the folks who actually do the work own the |
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dbackjon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 02:58 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. Not always true |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
10. Well isn't this interesting... sorta turns the full service/specialty |
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PROGRESSIVE1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 10:06 AM Response to Original message |
13. Gee, suddenly the "free market" doesn't matter anymore. |
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Celebration (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 10:27 AM Response to Reply #13 |
17. no signs of a free market |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
16. The worker must not own his tools. The worker must be owned. |
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NVMojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
21. Ah, the mob of the Frist family!!! Assholes, all of them. |
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AndrewJacksonFaction (471 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
22. The way I see it............ |
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dbackjon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
23. I can see HCA's point on this |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 11:03 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. I think HCA also cherry picks patients, leaving county hospitals with the |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 12:40 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Exactly! |
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rainbow4321 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 12:41 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. Bingo... |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
33. HCA is one of the reasons our healthcare is in such a mess |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 02:46 PM Response to Reply #33 |
41. Article in OP suggest real issue: HCA doesn't want to pay Dr's salaries... |
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rainbow4321 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 03:30 PM Response to Reply #33 |
43. Awesome summary of HCA's history!! |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 03:48 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. This is really good, not sure if you know |
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triguy46 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
34. It all depends on whose ox is being gored |
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rainbow4321 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
44. HCA and shrub/repub history |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 04:14 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. Just FYI - Timeline |
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rainbow4321 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 04:27 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. HCA Sued for Gouging Uninsured Patients |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 05:11 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. but, but... I thought all the problems of high insurance and health care |
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Tims (544 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 05:27 PM Response to Original message |
50. 25-30 years ago |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-21-05 06:10 PM Response to Original message |
52. Uh, you mean like Senator Frist who's family, along with him, own HCA? |
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