Article

2002-12-15 Home Front

Archived material is restricted to Rantburg regulars and members. If you need access email fred.pruitt=at=gmail.com with your nick to be added to the members list. There is no charge to join Rantburg as a member.

Posted by Anonymous 2002-12-15 06:34 pm|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Neal Boortz, Atlanta talk show host, came up with and idea about this. When the Mexican ambulance arrives, confiscate it. Then sell it to pay for the medical bills. Works for me.

Posted by Denny Wilson 2002-12-15 21:26:09|| [gocinatlanta.blogspot.com] 2002-12-15 21:26:09|| Front Page Top

#2 Actually, what they're describing sounds more like a business opportunity than an immigration problem. The situation is a statement that there's a requirement for a major medical facility in Matamoros.

I'd guess it'd be set up in partnership with one of the Brownsville hospitals, and its core would come from one of the clinicas on the Mexican side of the border. There should be some sort of subsidy available from the Texas government and the Mexican state (Coahuila?) government, and probably similar kick-ins from the U.S. and Mexican feds. Somebody with a silver tongue should also be able to talk some out of whatever HMOs are prominent in the area, with maybe a second helping from Texas state medicaid and the Mexican state equivalent.

Set the operation up as a partnership deal, with ancillary services (labs, x-ray, MRI, all that sort of stuff) incorporated on the Mexican side for purely local consumption, and a cross-billing arrangement for the treatment facility. The existing clinicas can form the basis for the outpatient treatment facilities, and the ER can be cloned from the U.S. facility.

Why do it? Because it's a horrendous long drive from any of the border towns to Monterrey, scenic as the drive may be. (When you're being transported with lights and sirens you're not really concerned with the scenery.) There are a number of thriving towns on the border, which would provide the clientele for a major regional hospital. All that's needed is a silver-tongued devil to put together the consortium to set it up, plus the money, guns and lawyers needed for the mechanics.

Posted by Fred 2002-12-16 09:44:34|| 2002-12-16 09:44:34|| Front Page Top

11:40 Anonymous
11:35 Anonymous
11:29 rurprecht
09:52 Chuck
09:49 Fred
09:44 Fred
09:31 Ptah
07:17 raptor
07:08 11A5S
07:06 raptor
06:12 Jack
06:10 Jack
06:08 Jack
06:07 Jack
06:04 Jack
06:01 Jack
01:00 Anonymous
22:46 Paul
21:26 mojo
21:26 Denny Wilson
21:23 Denny Wilson
21:18 Denny Wilson
19:25 Brian
19:17 Steve