Altru Cuts Costs

[Melvin]

Then quite blaming it on the ACA because you know better than anyone that is not the cause.

My buddy works for an insurance firm and the ACA is going to decimate hospitals and the insurance companies. The ACA is actually going to tax fishing tackle to pay for this mess. One of the democrats that helped write this mess said that Obama Care is going to be train wreck. Max Baucus.

[yzerman19]

To be honest with you, I am not a fan of ALL-Through aka Altru. My spouse has worked there for 10+ years and during one of her hospital stays she almost died because of poor care. I was not happy; thank God her friend, who’s also a nurse, while visiting her, caught the errors.

During the economic downturn in 2009, they used that as an excuse to cut the employees premium pay. That’s a big chunk out of their pay check gone. There’s no incentive to work on your off days when they call you in. They’re always understaffed and wanting people to come in on their off days.

Now, she goes to a review, gets a raise and is told she can no longer make any higher rate of pay, she’s maxed out. Grand Forks is ripe for a new competing hospital…

Question, but if she's maxed out at Altru and unhappy with her comp and hours, why not move? Or get a job at a different hospital within an hours drive...I live in Mpls, and people drive an hour all over town here for work.

Sorry about the medical error- they happen, but that is a bad deal.

[smokey the cat]

First, I assume you mean MRI. Second, charges mean nothing. Third, MRI is a generic term like "car" there is a difference between a Ferrari and a Taurus. How powerful a machine, which body part, contrast or no contrast, walk-up, inpatient, freestanding or in hospital- tons of variables. Your example is an unusual one as well, because typically there is a longer wait for services in Canada.

The ACA isn't to blame for anything other than drying up capital at this point. That is because financial markets are leading indicators. It will negatively impact the health and healthcare industry and will redistribute costs of care via subsidies- which simply means taxes paid by higher income earners will be used to buy lower income earners their insurance. Sounds like socialism to me.

Wow what a concept. Letting the higher earners kick down to the lower earners instead of making the lower earners kick up to the higher earners, the way it is now. You seem to be forgetting the socialism of where the higher earners are not being taxed on their income to buy their health insurance. Would not that government subsidy be considered socialism in the rightwing world if it was the other way around, as you just alleged?

[yzerman19]

Current insurance practices are income agnostic.

[siouxkid12]

Altru will always be fine financially. That was never in doubt. People need their services and they have a guaranteed payer in the government and insurance....and doesn't pay taxes. That "business" can never fail.....unless it hired bunch of mark kauks as CEO.

What does k-dog have to do with this you ignorant fu*^?