[LINK] The Hospital Committee

[Marghanita da Cruz]

Jan Whitaker wrote:
> At 09:19 AM 3/10/2007, David Lochrin wrote:
>> is a first, cleverly disguised step towards an American public 
>> "health" "system".
> 
> "public"
> There is no such thing in the US. There are commercial/secular hospitals 
> and catholic hospitals (at least in my memory; may not be that way any 
> longer). There was one designated as 'county' hospital where 
> indigent/welfare people could go -- no insurance/no money. A...

What I though most bizarre was the PM saying that hospitals would be run like
corporations with a board and ceo who were financially accountable. This was
shortly after he said the Australian Government {He?} contributed 43% of the
money directly and more through the GST (which it appears is being withheld from
the states pending agreement to new governance model and
NSW has always missed out per head of population on Federal allocations) and
wanted some say in how they were run.

What I don't understand about the "North Shore Emergency Miscarriage in a 
Bathroom" case is
why wasn't the woman taken to the wonderful North Shore private hospital instead!

Google search results:
> Welcome to North Shore Private Hospital
> North Shore Private Hospital offers first-class standards of accommodation combined with the latest in medical technologies. Each member of our staff is ...
> www.ramsayhealth.com.au/nsp/ - 39k - Cached - Similar pages

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