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From: Ann.Stalnaker@p0.f14.n385.z1.fidonet.org (Ann Stalnaker)
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Subject: Re: Healthcare Cost
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Date: 2 Nov 90 03:59:48 GMT
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 > We've had some discussions here about the escalating costs
 > of healthcare and the imminent collapse of the system.  A
 > current article in the Pittsburgh press sheds a bit of
 > light on some of the underlying conditions.  It seems the
 > Central Blood Bank of Pittsburgh has lost its tax exempt
 > status as a non-profit public service institution.
 
Jack, you know this very same thing happened to the Goodwill
Industries.  I know this is a tacky thing to say - but, I hate
the way Goodwill operates and treats the employees that work
for them.  Most of them are disabled but they sure make them
feel so degrading and the majority of them only make $2.50
an hour!
 
At one time, Goodwill Industries here in LawtonLand purchased
a new van, fully equipped with lifts and so forth.  They decided
to charge each passenger anywhere from $4.00 on up per trip
and ran only 3 days a week.  You had to call way in advance to
be guaranteed a ride.  Boy - did they lose out on this!  They ended 
up turning the vehicle over to the city.  However, our city is
operating on such a tight budget that the van just sits in the parking 
lot of the transportation site.
 
 > I remember back when they made do with Cadillacs and BMWs.
 
 
I believe you and I could run some of these institutions and be
perfectly happy with a Caddy!  (grin)
 

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