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Bo-4
01-19-2017, 11:38 AM
Many will be forced to shut down. And the irony? - Their patients were Trump voters.

64 percent of people here in Fayette County — one of the state's poorest — voted for Trump. Pennsylvania, which has the third largest rural population in the nation, played a pivotal role in his upset victory this fall.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/17/health/rural-hospitals-aca-repeal-partner/

Private Pickle
01-19-2017, 11:42 AM
Many will be forced to shut down. And the irony? - Their patients were Trump voters.

64 percent of people here in Fayette County — one of the state's poorest — voted for Trump. Pennsylvania, which has the third largest rural population in the nation, played a pivotal role in his upset victory this fall.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/17/health/rural-hospitals-aca-repeal-partner/

The government should not be in the business of propping up private companies.

Bo-4
01-19-2017, 11:49 AM
The government should not be in the business of propping up private companies.

I guess, but watch - they won't set a sunset date on O-care until after the midterms.

Rural Trump voters are gonna be madder than hornets when their hospitals shut down.

Private Pickle
01-19-2017, 11:50 AM
I guess, but watch - they won't set a sunset date on O-care until after the midterms.

Rural Trump voters are gonna be madder than hornets when their hospitals shut down.

Their problem for living in the sticks. Regardless, my point stands.

Bo-4
01-19-2017, 11:54 AM
Their problem for living in the sticks. Regardless, my point stands.

Ahhh nice .. the conservative Pickles disrespects rural Trump voters "in the sticks".

:cool:

Private Pickle
01-19-2017, 11:59 AM
Ahhh nice .. the conservative Pickles disrespects rural Trump voters "in the sticks".

:cool:

/shrug

FindersKeepers
01-19-2017, 12:00 PM
Many will be forced to shut down. And the irony? - Their patients were Trump voters.

64 percent of people here in Fayette County — one of the state's poorest — voted for Trump. Pennsylvania, which has the third largest rural population in the nation, played a pivotal role in his upset victory this fall.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/17/health/rural-hospitals-aca-repeal-partner/

Doesn't sound as if Obamacare was helping them.

From your link:


That pessimism can be heard throughout this town of about 7,600 residents. While the law was described as historic, many here do not perceive that it helped them. Like many other states, Pennsylvania re-branded their expanded offering of federal insurance program for the poor, fearing that "Medicaid" which is also often referred to as "Medical Assistance" would be off-putting; now it is called "Healthy PA."


Bryan McMullin, a 47-year-old who works in Connellsville's river-rafting business, got coverage last year but said good health care remains hard to come by. "In this area, nothing's changed in 40 years, no matter who is president," he explained from a barstool at a pub near the now-vacant glass factory.

Cigar
01-19-2017, 12:01 PM
Take an Uber to The Emergency Room :laugh:

FindersKeepers
01-19-2017, 12:23 PM
Take an Uber to The Emergency Room :laugh:

Uber. Airbnb.

What's next? Perhaps individuals setting up operating rooms in their homes and we can just go online and schedule appts? Oh, and, call an Uber to take us there.

What about Uber ambulances?

That's a thought.