Illinois proposes to transform state healthcare system to be ‘equity-centric’ – Center Square

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Jockey
5 years ago

The healthcare triangle involves:

Cost
Access
Quality

You can only have two categories at one time, while the third category suffers.

Platinum Goose
5 years ago

Good luck getting these people in for preventative care. Most won’t do it especially if it requires a co-pay. They’ll go to the emergency room because they know they won’t get refused.

debtsor
5 years ago

“So for instance, if someone needs housing, simply do a better job of having providers recognize that need and then connecting the individual to the housing services that they need, or the employment services they need, or the education services they need,” Winnett said.”

I’m pretty confident this is NOT what they mean by equity-centric. What they actually mean is clogging up your clean, well run ER with illegals, uninsured and medicaid patients, so that everyone’s standard of medical care is reduced to the same sub-par level.

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