White House to Announce $1 Billion in Health Care Grants

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myrobbins7 said:
The Obama administration will announce Monday as much as $1 billion in funding to hire, train and deploy health-care workers, part of the White House’s broader “We Can’t Wait” agenda to bolster the economy after President Obama’s jobs bill stalled in Congress.

Obama administration to announce effort to expand health-care workforce - The Washington Post

Where is this money going to come from?
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one thing is for sure, it won't be coming from the d-bags in the OWS rallies
 
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Yeah Lord knows the healthcare industry needs more money oured into it.
 
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Besides, anyone been to the doctor lately? Did you have any trouble finding people working? My sister once worked at a medical billing office pulling staples. One girl opened the envelope, one pulled the stables and one scanned the documents. Let's add some more overhead to the healthcare industry.
 
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YorkVol said:
Besides, anyone been to the doctor lately? Did you have any trouble finding people working? My sister once worked at a medical billing office pulling staples. One girl opened the envelope, one pulled the stables and one scanned the documents. Let's add some more overhead to the healthcare industry.
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Last week I was at a hospital and the girls behind the counter made some inappropriate statements in their routine gossiping, like, "Why don't you screw him already" and "Bite me". It was pretty funny, but I was in disbelief. That would never happen in a waiting room of a real business. They play by different rules because it's not a competitive market.
 
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The funds are for experimenting with different ways to expand the health-care workforce while reducing the cost of delivering care.
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so it's just play money?
 
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utvolpj said:
so it's just play money?
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Not only that, but you have to play fast. Letter of Intent has to be in by December 19th, with grant letters to follow within a few months. Most of the money is intended to go to "ideas" that can show progress within 6 months. Sounds good, but if I know anything about how things work, anytime there is a rush there is no intent for real, long lasting effect, just trying to get something in the news before the 2012 elections.
 
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YorkVol said:
Besides, anyone been to the doctor lately? Did you have any trouble finding people working? My sister once worked at a medical billing office pulling staples. One girl opened the envelope, one pulled the stables and one scanned the documents. Let's add some more overhead to the healthcare industry.
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Obviously you're completely out of touch. Hospitals are stretched as thinly as ever. Staffs in physician offices are stretched. Most, if not all, healthcare providers are running as lean as possible.

I've been inside 6 major hospitals in the last year and inside even more doctors' offices.

I believe your sister's story is quite embellished.
 
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nbakerld said:
Last week I was at a hospital and the girls behind the counter made some inappropriate statements in their routine gossiping, like, "Why don't you screw him already" and "Bite me". It was pretty funny, but I was in disbelief. That would never happen in a waiting room of a real business. They play by different rules because it's not a competitive market.
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Another poster completely out of touch with reality
 
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2ironVol said:
Obviously you're completely out of touch. Hospitals are stretched as thinly as ever. Staffs in physician offices are stretched. Most, if not all, healthcare providers are running as lean as possible.

I've been inside 6 major hospitals in the last year and inside even more doctors' offices.

I believe your sister's story is quite embellished.
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joint commission?
 
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utvolpj said:
so it's just play money?
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$1 billion in a $3.5 trillion budget... yeah, it is essentially play money.

I could think of worse things our money is going to. Not saying I agree with this or think it will be productive, but it could be going to Solyndra, artists/entertainers in NEA programs or foreign aid to terrorist states.

I'm just saying...
 
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And yeah, I know... A billion here and a billion there and now you're talking about real money. Yeah yeah... I understand that.
 
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Well there will be jobs in healthcare. No jobs anywhere else to pay for healthcare but we'll have some people working there i guess.
 
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2ironVol said:
Obviously you're completely out of touch. Hospitals are stretched as thinly as ever. Staffs in physician offices are stretched. Most, if not all, healthcare providers are running as lean as possible.

I've been inside 6 major hospitals in the last year and inside even more doctors' offices.

I believe your sister's story is quite embellished.
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You can't possibly believe that, even if you have had to wait a lot in hospitals. It's not a competitive industry, so I guarantee you they aren't running lean.

Also, I've spent the last year inside hospitals and I'm not seeing what you're seeing.
 
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nbakerld said:
You can't possibly believe that, even if you have had to wait a lot in hospitals. It's not a competitive industry, so I guarantee you they aren't running lean.

Also, I've spent the last year inside hospitals and I'm not seeing what you're seeing.
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It's not what I believe, it's what I know for a fact. You're 100% wrong about them running lean. I know for a fact they do it. Whether or not they NEED to do it might be another case.
 
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2ironVol said:
It's not what I believe, it's what I know for a fact. You're 100% wrong about them running lean. I know for a fact they do it. Whether or not they NEED to do it might be another case.
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Then it should be easy to prove to me. It's not a fact. Saying they "run lean" is relative so it can't be fact. They run lean compared to what? Not compared to any healthy business in a competitive industry.
 
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nbakerld said:
Then it should be easy to prove to me. It's not a fact. Saying they "run lean" is relative so it can't be fact. They run lean compared to what? Not compared to any healthy business in a competitive industry.
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Well i called to have appointment made to see a surgeon yesterday. I told the secretary i didn't have insurance and i was prompty re-directed to the office manager. Yeah lean times in the medical field. Office managers, secretaries, Surgeons all under one roof. I feel sorry they're so short staffed.
 
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