Obamacare...from craddle to grave

Breaking News…

October 12, 2011 3:30 PM

(Owosso, Michigan) – If you live in the area of Owosso, Michigan, “Chances are you or a loved one has been cared for by Memorial Healthcare, with a 150-bed hospital, a comprehensive emergency room, two urgent care centers, outpatient rehabilitation centers, satellite primary care and specialty medical offices, and a cancer/endoscopy center, Memorial Healthcare provides high quality preventative, acute and rehabilitative care close to home.”  But now the facility will be adding to their range of health services for truly “birth to grave one stop health approach.”  That was announced today by James Full, President & CEO of Memorial Healthcare. 

This comes in the wake of changes to our national healthcare system and the passage of the Healthcare Affordability Act, otherwise known as “Obamacare.”  Full went on to say, “We are the first hospital system in the country to gain approval of adding ‘after live’ services to the healthcare experience.”  The hospital will now offer federally assisted “post life” services to all who qualify under the plan.  A board of 3 judges and 3 alternates will serve to determine the suitability and range of services for these new post life services to include, but not limited to, final life expenses.  Deductibles and co-pays may apply.

In making the announcement, at their new Healthcare, Rehabilitation and Casket facility, Full had this to say, “These are tremendous achievements for our entire organization, but more importantly, they speak to our focus to use our expertise and technology to improve quality of care, patient flow and ‘final’ outcomes.” 

When contacted, area funeral homes (who did not want to be identified) all were taken back by this new development.  One said that the hospital administrator was, “Full of it” in thinking that the hospital could ultimately compete for these services.  Most agreed that there was a “conflict of interest” with this full service concept.  

Most area residents were ambivalent to the concept, when asked.    But there still seems to be a difference of political opinion on the issue.  Elected Democrats responded, “The economy is in the tank and the government has got to bail the little guy out.  It’s just governments’ role to give it all too each and every one of us!”   Republican elected officials in Washington are waiting and watching to see if they get a favorable US Supreme Court ruling to rescind major portions of “Obamacare” stating “We just don’t have spine to stop all this craziness and the Presidential Election is still over a year away!”

…Mike, wake up!  Uh, ah, what?  Whew, I just had a terrible dream about Memorial Healthcare getting in the funeral business under the new healthcare laws.  What a nightmare.  Wonder what prompted my brain to think of that?...

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