Security orders could drive up health care costs
Administrators at 34 hospitals in big cities throughout the country could address homeland security-related criticism easily — providing someone is willing to supply the mountain of money required to do so.
An investigation ordered by the House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform has disclosed that hospital trauma centers in seven cities do not have the capability of dealing with even a minor terrorist attack. The cities are New York, Washington, D.C.; Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, Denver and Minneapolis.
If that shocks you, it shouldn’t. It’s a matter of supply and demand.
Hospitals, including those serving our area, are highly conscious of the need to hold down health care costs. So, as accurately as they can, they provide only the services and facilities normally required of them. That includes trauma centers intended to serve only the normal flow of patients.
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