
Humane Healthcare for All
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Humane Healthcare for All
@LighthouseDPC
If you can't AFFORD Medical Care you are DENIED Medical Care. LEGISLATORS say people DON'T CARE about Healthcare Reform so they ARE NOT going to FIX it.



American logs into her federal student aid account so we can see her actual loans and payments - She took out a $49,548.74 loan - She’s made 120 payments, paying $25,558.36 - Her current balance is $50,121.33 So after paying $25,558.36, she now owes more than she took out “It's all such a scam”



When @RepMGriffith asked insurance executives earlier this year if they opposed lifting the ban on physician-led hospitals, not a single hand went up. This week, he asked physicians and hospital leaders the same question. Only ONE hand was raised — the CEO of the American Hospital Association. ‼️Let that sink in. Communities in healthcare deserts are being denied care — not because physicians can’t help, but because special interest doesn’t want them to lead. The same physicians trusted to treat patients every day are blocked from owning and operating hospitals — while large systems consolidate power, drive up costs and limit options. Since the ban took effect in 2010: • Hospital consolidation has increased. • Prices have risen. • Patient outcomes have declined. ✅ This policy hasn’t worked. It’s protected special interests — not patients. ✅ Physicians should be empowered, not controlled. When physicians lead, patients succeed. ✅ It’s time for Congress to change course ✅ Time is up on the arbitrary ban on physician-led hospitals. 📺Watch the exchange: youtube.com/live/SgsYVQf6Q…




If hospitals can own physicians why can't physicians own hospitals? GKS


There is no issue with physician-led hospitals- the issue is about the conflict of interest when physicians self-refer patients to their own hospitals. The data is clear: POHs tend to treat more commercially insured and healthier patients than full-service hospitals. In rural communities, this can leave rural hospitals with a greater financial burden, further threatening their ability to keep their doors open and keep 24/7 care available in their communities. Read more: fah.org/wp-content/upl…



🚨 JUST IN: Sen. Eric Schmitt is on absolute FIRE on the Senate floor. “First, Democrats FLOOD our country with 15M+ illegal aliens, and now they claim merely asking people to prove they are a citizen before registering to vote is ‘SUPPRESSION!’”

VCU vs North Carolina… Richmond, Virginia loses $63 million a year in revenue because the most valuable real estate in the city is tax-exempt. Most of it belongs to VCU and VCU Health. VCU Health generates $3.54 billion in annual revenue. It agreed to make $56 million in property tax payments to the city over 25 years as part of a development deal. The development failed. VCU Health paid a $73 million exit fee. Then the state legislature passed budget language directing VCU Health to stop making the $2 million annual tax payments to the city. The mayor of Richmond said pursuing the money was “not in the city’s best interest” because he did not want to “burn bridges” with VCU or the General Assembly. There is a term in economics for what happens when a party with no leverage negotiates with a party that controls its funding. It is not called negotiation.






As opposed to revenue and size? For example, Sentara has 34K employees in 29 states with an operating revenue of $13.2B. Not weighing in whether it’s fair or right or wrong. But the entities listed are large systems - what do you think they should be paid compared to non healthcare like size entities? And non profit means their “profits” are reinvested back into mission and operations.







