but again this is the most pressing issue right now
our most precious soldiers at by far the most at risk in the coming months.
you can raise the #'s in that army, that quickly. and surely not in any quality
The Association of American Medical Colleges has released dire projections for the state of healthcare in America in the coming years. The projections say “the U.S. will see a shortage of 46,900 to 121,900 physicians by 2032 in primary and specialty care.”
2016 United States Physicians
953,695
Under 30- 16,519 1.9%
30-39 -184,120 21.7%
40-49 -214,595 25.2%
50-59 -215,541 22.5%
60-69 -138,815 16.3%
70+ -75,627 8.9%
our most precious soldiers at by far the most at risk in the coming months.
you can raise the #'s in that army, that quickly. and surely not in any quality
The Association of American Medical Colleges has released dire projections for the state of healthcare in America in the coming years. The projections say “the U.S. will see a shortage of 46,900 to 121,900 physicians by 2032 in primary and specialty care.”
2016 United States Physicians
953,695
Under 30- 16,519 1.9%
30-39 -184,120 21.7%
40-49 -214,595 25.2%
50-59 -215,541 22.5%
60-69 -138,815 16.3%
70+ -75,627 8.9%
What if the Titantic had triple or quadruple the lifeboats and sank due to the extra weight killing everyone on board? See there's always a worse scenario. I'd rather have a hospital that is open and saving 1000 patients than going bankrupt and saving 0.
Speaking of letting someone off the hook... what % of the blame do you place on the Orange leader?
A hospital goes out of business here & there and some of you guys think they all are going under.
Those SOB's aren't hurting for money because first of all most of them won't even accept patients these days without insurance and/or money up front, and secondly the insurance companies are raking it in off of us to pay them.
AdventHealth in Florida is buying everything.
Other hospitals, medical facilities, YMCA's....EVERYTHING
And I'm sure every other state has a similar giant in the field.
As for Trump obviously I don't blame anything on him.
Blame China and whatever color you would consider them.
damn, actually, its a pretty good idea. China can make anything on the cheap. 'at-home ventilators be prepared for the next pandemic' .
cmon, i can a see a load of the fearful buying these. Gotta act fast tho, while hysteria is high.........can it get throuhg the FDA? :think2: has to be branded as a non-medical device
these fuckers might go like candy,.
i can see it now;
neighbor - hey, what that hell is that? looks cool
Joe- a ventilator , no virus is killing me , fuck govt........, im ready
never underestimate your fellow man
cmon, i can a see a load of the fearful buying these. Gotta act fast tho, while hysteria is high.........can it get throuhg the FDA? :think2: has to be branded as a non-medical device
these fuckers might go like candy,.
i can see it now;
neighbor - hey, what that hell is that? looks cool
Joe- a ventilator , no virus is killing me , fuck govt........, im ready
never underestimate your fellow man
And as I've explained have a dozen times already but you're too dumb to listen.
Agencies in the Federal government routinely dissolve. The people are then moved under other branches and the agency is reorganized. Happens in business every single day. It doesn't mean the responsibilities of the original agency went away. They were just absolved under the other agencies.
This literally happens every single day in the Federal Government.
I guess its actually a closer crisis then a thought
https://www.latimes.com/world-natio...onavirus-hospitals-call-for-emergency-funding
Cash-strapped rural hospitals face ‘imminent closure’ as coronavirus bears down
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[COLOR=var(--primaryTextColor)][FONT=var(--secondaryHeadlineFont)]Dr. Andrea Halliday tours a new triage trailer set up for suspected COVID-19 cases at a hospital in Springfield, Ore. Halts to non-urgent procedures threaten the finances of smaller hospitals.
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[COLOR=var(--primaryTextColor)][FONT=var(--bodyFont)]SEATTLE — [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=var(--primaryTextColor)][FONT=var(--bodyFont)]Rural hospitals across the Pacific Northwest that were already struggling financially have seen steep declines in business this month, shunned by patients who fear exposure to the coronavirus as it spreads from urban areas.
Emergency rooms have been eerily quiet. Many operating rooms went dark last week after the governors of Washington and Oregon halted most elective surgeries to conserve precious masks, gowns and other protective equipment.
But instead of enabling them to prepare for an expected surge in COVID-19 patients, the hospitals say, the lull threatens to bankrupt them.
In Washington, at least 13 rural hospitals have less than 45 days of cash on hand and five of them face imminent closure, according to Cassie Sauer, chief executive of the Washington State Hospital Assn.
<iframe width="300" height="250" frameborder="0" id="dfp-passback-ts" style="background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: middle; border-width: 0px; border-style: initial; display: block; margin: 10px auto;"></iframe>“The health care delivery system in Washington state is at a crisis point as result of the COVID-19 outbreak,” association leaders wrote Friday in a letter to Gov. Jay Inslee requesting at least $40 million in grants for hospitals in “extreme financial distress.”
“We expect certain hospitals to close if funding is not provided,” the letter said.
Cash shortages have also prevented the hospitals from stocking up on the badly needed protective equipment, which is expensive and difficult to find even for better-financed urban hospitals.
The non-urgent procedures that the governors canceled pay the bills for many facilities, which often have fewer than two dozen beds. Some hospitals are now planning layoffs.
Rural hospitals across the United States were in trouble long before the coronavirus, partly because people in the countryside tend to be sicker, older and poorer than Americans as a whole — hence more expensive to treat. Nearly 100 have closed since 2010, victims of rural flight, workforce shortages and government payments that reimburse less than private insurers.
Now many rural hospitals appear woefully unprepared to deal with a pandemic that few parts of the United States are expected to escape.
“You’re very quickly starting to see rural counties light up on the map, and it’s probably a misconception that rural America is going to be spared,” said Alan Morgan, CEO of the National Rural Health Assn., in Washington, D.C.
The virus was first detected in the United States on Jan. 20,when a 35-year-old man tested positive in Everett, Wash., after returning from Wuhan, China.
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https://www.latimes.com/world-natio...onavirus-hospitals-call-for-emergency-funding
Cash-strapped rural hospitals face ‘imminent closure’ as coronavirus bears down
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(Chris Pietsch / Eugene Register-Guard)
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[COLOR=var(--primaryTextColor)][FONT=var(--secondaryHeadlineFont)]By RICHARD READSEATTLE BUREAU CHIEF [/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=var(--secondaryTextColor)][FONT=var(--secondaryHeadlineFont)]MARCH 25, 2020
6:27 PM
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[COLOR=var(--primaryTextColor)][FONT=var(--bodyFont)]SEATTLE — [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=var(--primaryTextColor)][FONT=var(--bodyFont)]Rural hospitals across the Pacific Northwest that were already struggling financially have seen steep declines in business this month, shunned by patients who fear exposure to the coronavirus as it spreads from urban areas.
Emergency rooms have been eerily quiet. Many operating rooms went dark last week after the governors of Washington and Oregon halted most elective surgeries to conserve precious masks, gowns and other protective equipment.
But instead of enabling them to prepare for an expected surge in COVID-19 patients, the hospitals say, the lull threatens to bankrupt them.
In Washington, at least 13 rural hospitals have less than 45 days of cash on hand and five of them face imminent closure, according to Cassie Sauer, chief executive of the Washington State Hospital Assn.
<iframe width="300" height="250" frameborder="0" id="dfp-passback-ts" style="background-repeat: no-repeat; box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: middle; border-width: 0px; border-style: initial; display: block; margin: 10px auto;"></iframe>“The health care delivery system in Washington state is at a crisis point as result of the COVID-19 outbreak,” association leaders wrote Friday in a letter to Gov. Jay Inslee requesting at least $40 million in grants for hospitals in “extreme financial distress.”
“We expect certain hospitals to close if funding is not provided,” the letter said.
Cash shortages have also prevented the hospitals from stocking up on the badly needed protective equipment, which is expensive and difficult to find even for better-financed urban hospitals.
The non-urgent procedures that the governors canceled pay the bills for many facilities, which often have fewer than two dozen beds. Some hospitals are now planning layoffs.
Rural hospitals across the United States were in trouble long before the coronavirus, partly because people in the countryside tend to be sicker, older and poorer than Americans as a whole — hence more expensive to treat. Nearly 100 have closed since 2010, victims of rural flight, workforce shortages and government payments that reimburse less than private insurers.
Now many rural hospitals appear woefully unprepared to deal with a pandemic that few parts of the United States are expected to escape.
“You’re very quickly starting to see rural counties light up on the map, and it’s probably a misconception that rural America is going to be spared,” said Alan Morgan, CEO of the National Rural Health Assn., in Washington, D.C.
The virus was first detected in the United States on Jan. 20,when a 35-year-old man tested positive in Everett, Wash., after returning from Wuhan, China.
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The 1918 pandemic had an unknown origin, yet still ended being called the Spanish flu. Most of us came out of our mothers vagina, but are called by different names. The coronavirus or Covid19 are the most widely accepted terms. The only reason people call it the Chinese virus or the Trump virus is because they care more about politicizing things and annoying people they disagree with than anything else.
