Dr. Oz has been talking quite a bit of late. We now have stimulus funds for electronic medical records, so how about some funds to help keep the doors open in some areas. This month I will have a lengthy listing on my Desperate Hospitals update, thanks to readers supplying me with many more additional details than I normally post. The documents will be in in web based embedded format with all the details. I started the series back in August of 2008 when Century City Hospital, that sits right there with all the big corporate headquarters in Los Angeles had to go bankrupt.
For me, that was the first sign that something was wrong. Hospitals and not just failing corporations need help. BD
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - California's Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, CEOs and celebrity doctors took up U.S. President Barack Obama's campaign for healthcare reform on Monday, saying millions of Americans need help.
The gathering in Los Angeles marked the fifth and final White House forum on healthcare across the nation and came as the deepening economic crisis added new urgency to calls for reform. Millions of people have lost jobs and their employer-provided health insurance.
"The American system of healthcare is falling far short of its mission -- leaving millions of our fellow citizens in poor health and with inadequate care or no care at all," said Schwarzenegger, who along with other governors, has taken a crack at state reform.
"The most expensive healthcare is bad healthcare," said Dr. Mehmet Oz, who moderated Monday's forum and is best known for his appearances on Oprah Winfrey's television talk show.
Care is not equally distributed, expensive emergency rooms have become a dumping ground for the legions of uninsured and medical bills are the No. 1 cause for personal bankruptcy.
Schwarzenegger, stars lobby for U.S. health reform | Reuters
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