UM - Jackson asking for more $$$

[FIUFan]

Well the poorly run UM - Jackson Memorial Hospital is asking Miami-Dade Countians for yet more money. According to the U of Miami Herald (http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/9532713.htm), they can't seem to manage on the 1/2 cent sales tax they get out of every dollar we spend.

That's right, of the .075 that's added to everything we buy here in Miami, UM - Jackson gets a piece of that. Now they want the County tax payers to bail them out of their mess.

This appears to be just one more reason why this county desperately needs a Public University hospital that will be answerable to the State; not some Private hospital, full of UM doctors, with the express purpose of 'empire buidling'.

p.s. note in the attached article if you can find any mention of the University of Miami in there. Hmmm [/size]

[FIUSportsFan]

Jackson is a public hospital thats geared to serve the poor and those without insurance. It is run by the Public Health Trust which does not answer to UM. Baptist, South Miami, Kendall; those are private hospitals. The reason for its budgetary problems is that the county swamps it with requests that they themselves do not put money up to help fund.
Read and learn the facts before you make uninsightful comments just to take a swipe. Im an FIU fan just like everyone else, plus I work for the athletic dept., and hearing several people on this board take pot shots because they have a chip on their shoulder is wasted space. Let's keep everything on the FIU board related to FIU, please!

[FIUFan]

How naive we are. Who do you think sits on that Public Health Trust that controls Jackson? Last I saw, UM doctors and administrators held a majority of the seats on the Health Trust. Jackson is a huge 'cash-cow' for the UM.

Also, tell me why when the news is negative about Jackson, the Herald doesn't say word one about the association it has with UM. But when Jackson is voted top-25 in the country for this or that, it gushes and highlights the UM - Jackson relationship.

Listen, I've been on this subject for quite some time. Perhaps I'll do some reseach and pull up some info from a year and a half ago on the big bru'haha that went on over there that forced the ouster of the long time head of that hospital. How the newly elected president of that association was fired for calling attention to the kozy relationship between UM and the Public Health Trust.

And one last thing; who are you to tell anyone what topics are appropriate for this board?[/size]

[ARod]

He has a point FIUSportsFan.......This is the Trash Talk section of the board!

[FIUSportsFan]

Well, he got the trash part right. Moving on....

[FIUFan]

The opiate of the simple mind...


Ignorance.

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[FIUSportsFan]

Admitting your problem is the first step toward recovery. I'm proud of you.

[FIUFan]

You've been hanging around with High Schooler's too long; your starting to sound like them now.[/size]