tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post7992485453178299077..comments2024-03-28T19:03:28.661-04:00Comments on Lehigh Valley Ramblings: Cedarbrook's Woes By No Means UniqueBernie O'Harehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13756311150988957401noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-66812261017218443842013-09-29T05:14:47.410-04:002013-09-29T05:14:47.410-04:00Maybe Callahan was hitting n Mr. Gregory's gir...Maybe Callahan was hitting n Mr. Gregory's girlfriend. he is holding her pretty close.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-61393780343528829242013-09-27T14:21:29.482-04:002013-09-27T14:21:29.482-04:00"The thing that staggers me about the Republi..."The thing that staggers me about the Republican hatred of this law is its abstract quality. They never address the real problem of our massively inefficient private healthcare market, which is a huge burden on the economy. They never address how to help the millions of uninsured adults get the care all human beings need. They appear to regard a Heritage Foundation, free-market-designed, private healthcare exchange system as some kind of communist plot. They do not seem to believe there is any pressing problem at all. And they have nothing constructive to offer.<br /> <br />This is not about Obamacare. It is not even about politics. It is about a form of revolt against the very country they live in."<br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-70572609065602674002013-09-27T13:22:29.819-04:002013-09-27T13:22:29.819-04:00So Bernie in your faux news research, think about ...So Bernie in your faux news research, think about were chronically ill elderly will go, if it becomes "unprofitable" to care for them.<br /><br />Your argument would seem to push the Republican theme of get out now while the getting is good, because in a few years it will cost more to take care of the millions of chronically ill elderly.<br /><br />If there is no profit to be had do you believe the privates will want to take them?<br /><br />Time to think a bit beyond shallow for the moment emotion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-90738164451074510282013-09-27T00:19:22.218-04:002013-09-27T00:19:22.218-04:00For reasons just like this, I now live in South Ca...For reasons just like this, I now live in South Carolina but still care about my son and grandchildren who live and pay taxes in the county (I also own property and pay taxes there). Gracedale is a money pit and it will get worse. Right wing or left, we'll all be stuck. I'll stick with my comments at 11:34.Bill Cokernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-69229879268569713632013-09-27T00:00:47.097-04:002013-09-27T00:00:47.097-04:00It is not just "right wing nut jobs" who...It is not just "right wing nut jobs" who think Gracedale should be sold. In about two years, this will be apparent to many more people. Obamacare is going to increase the pool of people for whom Medicaid is available, but the dollars will not be there. The focus will be acute, not chronic, care. That will mean less money for nursing homes and less people in them. The industry is withering, and the only real reason to sustain it will be to provide jobs for the union workers. I am in the process of researching this matter, and unfortunately, things don't look good for public nursing homes. When the County does sell, it will get nothing. Stoffa will be seem prescient.Bernie O'Harehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756311150988957401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-52978237092113855482013-09-26T23:50:38.727-04:002013-09-26T23:50:38.727-04:00You right wing nut jobs just don't get it. The...You right wing nut jobs just don't get it. The people of NorthAMPTON County voted overwhelmingly to keep Gracedale in County hands. It would be political suicide to atte,pt to sell Gracedale. Gracedale is a County institution much like Lehigh University or Moravian and Lafayette College. The people are proud of their Nursing Facility and have voted to pay what ever necessary to keep it under County Control. Get used to it. The Nursing home will remain under County Control regardless of the cost.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-51815689982802612772013-09-26T23:34:05.758-04:002013-09-26T23:34:05.758-04:00Unfortunately the unions did a great marketing job...Unfortunately the unions did a great marketing job with the "Save Gracedale" campaign. They gave the impression (that many less informed bought) that it would be closed if sold. Fact of the matter still is that private is cheaper and better for occupants and county taxpayers. The other counties experiences prove it.Bill Cokernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-89094405580942179962013-09-26T13:27:20.402-04:002013-09-26T13:27:20.402-04:00Somehow the ratings seem to miss the smell of urin...Somehow the ratings seem to miss the smell of urine. Get off your 9-12 ass and walk thorough these places.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-20137270296801392202013-09-26T10:17:39.278-04:002013-09-26T10:17:39.278-04:00The ratings at Cedarbrook are very high. The link ...The ratings at Cedarbrook are very high. The link is at the Medicare site. Bernie O'Harehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756311150988957401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-39612541855715165692013-09-26T10:09:24.181-04:002013-09-26T10:09:24.181-04:00Post the link to the Ratings that you refer to ple...Post the link to the Ratings that you refer to please.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-14173677429529109052013-09-26T06:40:00.081-04:002013-09-26T06:40:00.081-04:00Privates make Gracedale look like the prison from ...Privates make Gracedale look like the prison from Midnight Express. Check the ratings.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-64689699663315218062013-09-26T02:44:03.169-04:002013-09-26T02:44:03.169-04:00"That should be left to private entities.&quo..."That should be left to private entities."<br /><br />Yes, they have historically been great with the poor. A lot of profit in caring for the most ill and poorest elderly. Great market model there sparky!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-57267245196940420042013-09-25T17:52:39.747-04:002013-09-25T17:52:39.747-04:00It is very simple. Government should not be in th...It is very simple. Government should not be in the nursing home business. That should be left to private entities. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-2053129496912192292013-09-25T16:51:21.402-04:002013-09-25T16:51:21.402-04:00I would agree with those observations. Part of mak...I would agree with those observations. Part of making Gracedale work is being honest about its flaws as well as it's strengths.Bernie O'Harehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756311150988957401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-2612950249007655402013-09-25T16:49:17.275-04:002013-09-25T16:49:17.275-04:00That pic includes Callahan, who has been attacked ...That pic includes Callahan, who has been attacked falsely for not coming out to support Gracedale. He is posing with Gregory's ex. And Gregory is in that pic, too. Bernie O'Harehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756311150988957401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-35333582959935568522013-09-25T16:42:46.453-04:002013-09-25T16:42:46.453-04:00The shirts in the photo are funny. They didn'...The shirts in the photo are funny. They didn't save Gracedale. They sentenced it to a slow, agonizing death.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-4658239103557634112013-09-25T16:34:29.524-04:002013-09-25T16:34:29.524-04:00Is that Gregory in the picture? And who is that th...Is that Gregory in the picture? And who is that that Callahan has his arm around? That girl ain't flat-chested like the Witch from W.E. says!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-7586985266315299692013-09-25T15:29:35.871-04:002013-09-25T15:29:35.871-04:00layers and layers (and then layers) of irony in th...layers and layers (and then layers) of irony in that pictureAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-82439668282143766882013-09-25T14:29:40.531-04:002013-09-25T14:29:40.531-04:00McCain also recalled the the 2009-2010 debate over...McCain also recalled the the 2009-2010 debate over Obamacare -- before Cruz was elected to the Senate -- saying "the people spoke" on the issue when they reelected President Barack Obama in 2012. McCain said lawmakers shouldn't "give up our efforts to repair Obamacare" but said it wasn't worth shutting down the government.<br /><br />"We fought as hard as we could in a fair and honest manner and we lost," McCain said. "One of the reasons was because we were in the minority, and in democracies, almost always the majority governs and passes legislation."<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-31104167219570184712013-09-25T13:09:36.007-04:002013-09-25T13:09:36.007-04:00It's too bad you allow your personal hatred to...It's too bad you allow your personal hatred to blind you from looking at issues on their merits, as they do everywhere else. Bernie O'Harehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756311150988957401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-82940860034587787202013-09-25T12:55:01.276-04:002013-09-25T12:55:01.276-04:00O'Hare will go to his grave selling the Angle/...O'Hare will go to his grave selling the Angle/Stoffa line about selling Gracedale.<br /><br />The people heard your bullshit and saw it for what it was. Keep beating that horse O'Hare, maybe one day it will move.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-38687118321663485132013-09-25T11:55:31.642-04:002013-09-25T11:55:31.642-04:00A premeditated manipulation of statistics to recie...A premeditated manipulation of statistics to recieve subsidies that they are not currently eligible for. It is a lawfull jiggleing of number's that is seems deceptive in practice. It is not lying, per se.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-85622698955887038452013-09-25T11:37:06.125-04:002013-09-25T11:37:06.125-04:00Nobody is lying. Geez. Nobody is lying. Geez. Bernie O'Harehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756311150988957401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-8972410777732699502013-09-25T11:34:40.792-04:002013-09-25T11:34:40.792-04:00"Northampton County is selling 37 bed license..."Northampton County is selling 37 bed licenses to bring in additional money and pump up its annual subsidy from the state, which rewards homes that maintain a high occupancy rate."<br /><br />If it had a high occupancy rate, it wouldn't have bed licenses to sell. Our tax dollar's will now make up the difference for their deceptive subsidy claim. They are lying to recieve subsidies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-75894816969382858372013-09-25T10:56:56.179-04:002013-09-25T10:56:56.179-04:00County council sued to spend more than the managem...County council sued to spend more than the management firm they hired said was necessary for non emergency care. They're not even trying to run the place efficiently. Considering that not a single person will be thrown to the street if Gracedale closes (in fact they will likely receive better care), even one more penny spent there is a waste.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com