re: Federal Government Rejects LSU Hospital Privatization Deals

I posted the following in another thread:
YOU will be directly affected by the Obama admin if you live in Louisiana.

And negatively. There are 6 state run hospitals that OUR Governor has lined up private corporate money to renovate, modernize, and run. We are talking over 800 million.
The state does not bear the full cost, there is tax payer federal money involved as well.
The Federal Govt. refused this deal offering no substantive reason for doing so.

So instead of hundreds of millions of dollars flowing into Louisiana's public healthcare system FROM PRIVATE COMPANIES, YOU if you are a resident of Louisiana will CONTINUE to pay for, either directly from paying taxes,or indirectly as the State will have to make budget adjustments.

This affects the State budget throughout, not just the public healthcare system in Louisiana and YOU will be affected because of the denial of O's Federal govt.

If you think that private money and privately run hospitals are not a good idea?
Perhaps you want to talk with some folks who have to deal with the Federal run VA hospitals.
A private hospital doing the same things that happen in some VA hospitals would see big lawsuits, and in some cases criminal charges filed.
But as it is the Fed Govt, and O's Admin, nothing will be done in those cases at VA hospitals.