The plan to give mothers a great deal of money to care for the first year of their child's life, while admirable, is silly. There appears to be no oversight on who gets the money. There is no punch list on what their money can be spent on. Yes, Flint is one of the poorest cities in Michigan, but throwing this money at women who may have children for the sake of money, is not being responsible. Other women, in other states will move to Flint to have their babies and take the money. Give this money to seniors, whose income is really fixed and they are hurting. Don't throw this money away.
It should come as no surprise that the hospital's powers that be do not want to meet and discuss the problems facing it. We are like unwanted step-children in their eyes. They are not, nor were they ever been, interested in us or our community. Every time we leave the area for medical care, UPHS loses money. Don't need to be a scholar to figure this out.
Brian, I don't know what chart you're reading but according to my charts, the S&P 500 is only up 8.4% YOY and TRUE inflation (not the CPI), depending upon the measure you use (such as the Chapwood Inex), is up at least that much if not more. So actually, you're losing money. Credit card balances have hit a record surpassing 1 trillion dollars. Federal and state tax revenues are declining precipitously. Truck freight volume and spending has plummeted dramatically. The ADJUSTED unemployment figures are up substantially. Delinquency rates for commercial real estate mortgages are skyrocketing. The US debt rating has dropped from AAA to AA+. The percentage of Americans who cannot even afford a $400 emergency expense continues to climb. And on and on and on. All of these are harbingers of impending economic disaster. Plus, the stock market is basically being propped up by only 7 stocks and by Fed buying through the Exchange Stabilization Fund. You think this is good?
This next comment was never addressed on Word On The Street. Here goes: I'm a bike rider and a walker and I cannot tell you the number of homes whose owners are not mowing their lawns and letting the weeds run wild, telling everyone they are really flowers. They may be flowers in the weed family, but a weed is still a weed. These lawns are unsightly and it would not hurt to speak with the owners about maintaining their property. Ther are too many homes on too many streets that need attention paid to them. If these properties are rentals, then the city needs to find the owners and after a warning, start giving out tickets.
I forgot to add that while we couldn’t get out of the ER and into a room the waiting room was overfilled with several laying on the floor moaning and crying.
My mother spent 29 how’s in the ER a couple of weeks ago. The ER docs and nurses looked us in the eye and lied to us saying they were full ‘no beds!’ When she finally got a room we found out there were plenty of empty rooms, it’s a staffing problem. UPHS pays their staff a meager wage; the reason they can’t keep qualified people. And yes, they don’t care.
The plan to give mothers a great deal of money to care for the first year of their child's life, while admirable, is silly. There appears to be no oversight on who gets the money. There is no punch list on what their money can be spent on. Yes, Flint is one of the poorest cities in Michigan, but throwing this money at women who may have children for the sake of money, is not being responsible. Other women, in other states will move to Flint to have their babies and take the money. Give this money to seniors, whose income is really fixed and they are hurting. Don't throw this money away.
It should come as no surprise that the hospital's powers that be do not want to meet and discuss the problems facing it. We are like unwanted step-children in their eyes. They are not, nor were they ever been, interested in us or our community. Every time we leave the area for medical care, UPHS loses money. Don't need to be a scholar to figure this out.
Brian, I don't know what chart you're reading but according to my charts, the S&P 500 is only up 8.4% YOY and TRUE inflation (not the CPI), depending upon the measure you use (such as the Chapwood Inex), is up at least that much if not more. So actually, you're losing money. Credit card balances have hit a record surpassing 1 trillion dollars. Federal and state tax revenues are declining precipitously. Truck freight volume and spending has plummeted dramatically. The ADJUSTED unemployment figures are up substantially. Delinquency rates for commercial real estate mortgages are skyrocketing. The US debt rating has dropped from AAA to AA+. The percentage of Americans who cannot even afford a $400 emergency expense continues to climb. And on and on and on. All of these are harbingers of impending economic disaster. Plus, the stock market is basically being propped up by only 7 stocks and by Fed buying through the Exchange Stabilization Fund. You think this is good?
This next comment was never addressed on Word On The Street. Here goes: I'm a bike rider and a walker and I cannot tell you the number of homes whose owners are not mowing their lawns and letting the weeds run wild, telling everyone they are really flowers. They may be flowers in the weed family, but a weed is still a weed. These lawns are unsightly and it would not hurt to speak with the owners about maintaining their property. Ther are too many homes on too many streets that need attention paid to them. If these properties are rentals, then the city needs to find the owners and after a warning, start giving out tickets.
I forgot to add that while we couldn’t get out of the ER and into a room the waiting room was overfilled with several laying on the floor moaning and crying.
My mother spent 29 how’s in the ER a couple of weeks ago. The ER docs and nurses looked us in the eye and lied to us saying they were full ‘no beds!’ When she finally got a room we found out there were plenty of empty rooms, it’s a staffing problem. UPHS pays their staff a meager wage; the reason they can’t keep qualified people. And yes, they don’t care.
I'm sorry to hear that about your mom,. I hope she is better and continuing to do well.