On: After Appalachian hospitals merged, their ERs beca...

[rpmisms]

Oh look, it's my neighborhood healthcare system. Kinda weird to see the tri-cities and Neal on HN.

On topic: They're literally the worst, nothing here is an exaggeration, Ballad is utter dogshit. It's so bad that the Tennessee legislature, famously fans of non-interference, are considering breaking them up.

[jwindle47 → rpmisms]

Hello fellow tri-cities resident. I probably know you :)

Can't say I disagree with much. Though my interactions with Niswonger Children's Hopsital have been great. Ballad itself? not so much.

[rpmisms → jwindle47]

Hello back! Nice to see a neighbor on here. I probably don't know you, but I know some great coffee spots if we want to fix that.

Everything wrong with Ballad is systemic. The employees are generally fantastic. They're horribly understaffed and overworked.

[senorrib → rpmisms]

Wasn’t the monopoly interference in the first place?

[rpmisms → senorrib]

The hospitals would have shut down without it, so it was rubber-stamped as "let's not bail out the hospitals". If the monopoly functioned, there would be no issue.

[fuzzfactor → rpmisms]

>If the monopoly functioned, there would be no issue.

So it was an experiment.

Anything like politicians without professional health background using their constituents as medical test subjects?

[rpmisms → fuzzfactor]

No, Tennessee does not practice deficit spending. It was a calculated move to avoid raising taxes, and a gamble that did not pay off.

> Anything like politicians without professional health background using their constituents as medical test subjects?

This is bad faith.

[fuzzfactor → rpmisms]

No hard feelings.

>This is bad faith.

You are correct.

That's about the only faith I have in politicians, especially if they are Democrats or Republicans.

It's more valuable to hear the experience of an informed constituent.

I can accept it's more of a financial gamble than I thought.

[rpmisms → fuzzfactor]

I generally have zero issues with the Tennessee legislature, they do their jobs well and don't really mess with my life. They made a bad decision and are trying to figure out how to fix it without shuttering all the local hospitals, which is fine by me.

[peteradio → fuzzfactor]

Look buddy if you don't like your freedom panels then you can giiiiiiiiiiiit out.