Washington State Commandeers Bankrupt Rural Hospital | Talking Points Memo

Also hilariously out of sync with reality: the clickbait ads that want to tell me which frequent flyer programs have the best perks.

Bucko, ain’t nobody flying frequently right now, except maybe air ambulance crews. And when it comes to “perks”, they’re more interested in masks than miles right now.

3 Likes

The hospital that you mentioned is probably the former Franklin Medical Center in Louisburg, NC. It closed in 2015 but its former emergency room is still in use.

https://www.mariaparham.com/for-patients-and-visitors/about-us/news/former-franklin-medical-center-gets-new-name

https://www.mariaparhamfranklin.com/

Saw the same interview. Made my skin crawl. " What an amazing feat! Our John has learned to crawl. Don’t know why everybody was so concerned about having given him the keys to the car!"

2 Likes

Thanks for the tip about the restaurant. Someday I’ll try it.

I lost my love fro Yakima, when upon escaping Hurricane Katrina and needing to replace a vehicle, I bought a used lemon when passing through Yakima. Looked great seemed to run great but it turned out I should have looked more carefully as the entire bottom had rusted out from being used on salted roads in NY state (caveat emptor). The local Chevy dealership did sell me a new car, after I spent about $700 repairing the clunker they originally sold me. It was the only way I could get even a portion of my money back.

That said, folks in Yakima really ought to appreciate Jay Inslee more. If he weren’t governor, they probably would have been plum out of luck.

1 Like

A little while ago I was surprised to look up and see they chyron on CNN saying “National Social Distancing Order to remain in place until end of April” There is no order of any kind on a national scale. CNN has a responsibility not to disseminate these lies.

4 Likes

That prick who owns Hahnemann University Hospital is holding out for more cash from Philly. NOW is the time for a good use of Eminent Domain

May he suffer the fate he deserves.

3 Likes

What’s honestly more wrong with this is not so much the stupid comment, but the retort/challenge that didn’t happen. Like ‘In the briefing today, what the hell did Mexican drug trafficking (for which there’s no record), the wall, and continued attacks against questioners have to do with the fact that 1,000 people died in America today from the virus?’.

Yeah, that’s a question you’ll never hear.

2 Likes

Especially when the facts are these:

And the SG has it wrong again:

https://news.yahoo.com/surgeon-general-jerome-adams-federal-123515761.html

2 Likes

Yeah…it’s just ‘capitalism’ when the Cons drive hospitals to close but BY GOD AND BY TRUMP it’s bailout time when their ‘buddies’ fail.

2 Likes

well it makes me want to visit now

The voters will never know. The local news dares not report the story.

The horror that 4 months in Trump is “finally coming to grips” is more than one should be able to image.

1 Like

If only the world knew of some system where everyone had the cost of their healthcare covered perhaps there would be enough business to keep these rural hospitals functioning.

2 Likes

We like to keep Eastern Washington alive since they do a lot of farming over there. Their politics suck but we just keep poking at them…

3 Likes

Yeah…that won’t happen…they will insist dammit that it’s all those godless libruls from the Western side of the state (you know, the ones that pay for their roads, etc.) that came over and GAVE it to them. It’s the land of Cathy McMorris Rodgers although there is a more moderate Republican representing Yakima…

4 Likes

Into the weeds here. You wanna know what really pisses me off (not really, of course), but cresting the hill eastbound of Vantage and seeing crops being watered in the middle of the day with overhead sprinklers in 90-degree heat and the almost constant 10mph + wind. Then there are all the open irrigation canals and ditches throughout the CBRP. The amount of water that gets wasted . . . .

2 Likes

It would take too much effort to disinfect.

1 Like

It’s their GOD GIVEN RIGHT to ‘waste water’ over on that side of the state…doncha’ know?

I’m from Portland and I did not know that. Learn something new everyday!

Maybe we’d actually get an answer if a different John Roberts would ask that question…Then again…Ah Nevermind.

Comments are now Members-Only
Join the discussion Free options available