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Need your politcal help, OSU Medical Center facing funding shortage.
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<blockquote data-quote="bettingpython" data-source="post: 2101585" data-attributes="member: 4307"><p>If OSU medical center closes then the surrounding hospitals will have to pick up the slack serving the indigent population. You will see rising costs of service and even longer wait times in emergency rooms. It was estimated in 2008/2009 that the losses incurred serving an indigent population would cause undue financial burdens to the other Tulsa hospitals. </p><p></p><p>In 2009 the area Tulsa hospitals all kicked in a substantial amount of funding for the public trust, St. John froze raises that year across the entire health system to help keep the medical center open. OSU kicked in something like 45million that year as well.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=17&articleid=20120831_17_A11_CUTLIN953730" target="_blank">http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=17&articleid=20120831_17_A11_CUTLIN953730</a></p><p></p><p>I know it sounds a little like a liberal but having a public hospital is a good thing.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.tulsaworld.com/opinion/article.aspx?subjectid=211&articleid=20130210_211_G1_CUTLIN422671&allcom=1#" target="_blank">http://www.tulsaworld.com/opinion/article.aspx?subjectid=211&articleid=20130210_211_G1_CUTLIN422671&allcom=1#</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bettingpython, post: 2101585, member: 4307"] If OSU medical center closes then the surrounding hospitals will have to pick up the slack serving the indigent population. You will see rising costs of service and even longer wait times in emergency rooms. It was estimated in 2008/2009 that the losses incurred serving an indigent population would cause undue financial burdens to the other Tulsa hospitals. In 2009 the area Tulsa hospitals all kicked in a substantial amount of funding for the public trust, St. John froze raises that year across the entire health system to help keep the medical center open. OSU kicked in something like 45million that year as well. [url]http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=17&articleid=20120831_17_A11_CUTLIN953730[/url] I know it sounds a little like a liberal but having a public hospital is a good thing. [url]http://www.tulsaworld.com/opinion/article.aspx?subjectid=211&articleid=20130210_211_G1_CUTLIN422671&allcom=1#[/url] [/QUOTE]
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