WillowTree
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I gave you the story now you spin it every way you want to. You are an American hater. Why dew ewe hate Americans? The point was, Cuomo in his own words was willing to sacrifice hospitals, doctors, and beds to expand medicaid. I think he might be rethinking that now as he is screaming for the army to come build him some hospitals. Why don’t you get off your fat ass and sign onto a building crew?Did you know that Cuomo said, “ I accept that we will have fewer hospital beds with the expansion of Medicaid”? Twenty hospitals in NY closed with the expansion of Medicaid. R
Why do you so hate it when people who couldn’t previously get health care now can? You must really want poor people to die or become a drain on the ER services.
Medicaid is far from the only or even main factor causing the closure of hospitals and the reduction in hospital beds. Hospital across the country can not afford the expense of maintaining large numbers of empty beds. Our entire healthcare system has shifted over the years towards one with fewer hospitalizations and more home based care.
Why NYC needs hospitals to close
It’s painful to see a hospital close its doors for good. Painful for patients, painful for workers and painful for the community it has long proudly served. But that pain, and the public outcry tha…nypost.com