From the Havre Daily News:
Some local retirees are up in arms at a cost-saving measure by Havre’s hospital; cancellation of a nearly 20-year-old program of traveling foot-care clinics, with the clinics now being offered only at the hospital itself.
Some 40 residents of Eagles Manor retirement home signed a letter to Northern Montana Healthcare CEO Dave Henry, asking if other parts of the budget could be trimmed to save expenses rather than the program, part of the hospital’s Senior Connection.
“The provision of the foot clinic at the Manor has been more than a convenience, it has been and continues to be necessary,” the letter says, adding that many residents cannot travel to the hospital for foot clinics due to the weather and lack of transportation.
Henry said this morning that he has been delighted with the response, and if people actually will use the service, it could continue. He said with loss of revenue such as reductions in payments of Medicaid and Medicare — Henry said the hospital has lost $200,000 in revenue in the last two years from cuts — it needs to find ways to manage its costs.
If people will come to their appointments, the traveling clinics could stay in business, he said.
“Nobody misses their hair appointment, but cancelling medical appointments seems to be much easier,” Henry said. “Well, we need to change some of that mentality, we’ve got to get people to show up when they make appointments because we have resources there to take care of them.”
A copy of the letter from the Senior Connection program was faxed to the Havre Daily News by an anonymous source. The letter says that the full implementation of the 2010 health care reform act — Obamacare — will impact how most employers will do business in the future.
“Because of the multitude of unknown factors at this time, our administrative team has the difficult decision that we must tighten our belts and decrease the services we are able to take to our customers in the outlying areas,” the letter says. http://www.havredailynews.com/story/2013/07/25/local/hospital-cancels-foot-clinics-blames-obamacare/972.html
If you think these problems are just limited to small town areas, think again.
ObamaCare has disrupted the entire economy- from people losing jobs or losing hours at their work, higher health care insurance premiums to losing insurance all together and losing services once provided.
ObamaCare is a disaster and for those who voted for it or voted to keep it funded, your days in office are numbered.
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