Pediatrician Dr. Scott explains why:
The government has done NOTHING for healthcare after Katrina. No, let me clarify: it has done nothing for the private practitioner. There was an uncompensated care pool that helped hospitals from August 29, 2005 through January 31, 2006 (oh! so generous!). Hospitals and nursing homes can apply for part of a $160 million pool just released by Health and Human Services (though allocated from the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005–but what’s two years among friends?) Oh, New Orleans also gets $10 million to recruit new “providers” into the area (whatever that term means). The ones already here get a big fat F*** You.
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I thought physicians wanted the government out of healthcare?
The way they treated Anna Pou, frankly I want a refund for the donations I made to the Red Cross.
Personally, I don’t think Katrina CAUSED New Orleans problems, I think it UNMASKED New Orleans problems.
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