New York City’s emergency rooms are constantly overwhelmed with patients, many of them lying on stretchers in hallways. As health care providers pass by, some may raise their hands, wave, shout, or try in any way they can to get the attention of the doctor, nurse, or physician’s assistant.All US The ER has to go through every corner, and the triage desk has no shutoff valves, so patients come in no matter how clogged.
Ken Langone is not someone who tries to give himself special attention. In fact, he’s proud of his humble roots. He was hospitalized with pneumonia during his 2012 superstorm his Sandy, along with many other patients, and was evacuated down the stairs on a stretcher, but received no specific treatment.
In fact, it was Rangone, one of his biggest philanthropic endeavors, who spearheaded the fundraising effort to make NYU Grossman School of Medicine tuition-free. As part of this effort, he donated his $100 billion in 2019. This trend-setting move was soon copied by other medical schools, taking the pressure off many of the nation’s future doctors and allowing them to choose their primary altruistically. Care for a medical career that pays less than some professionals and don’t worry about paying off hundreds of thousands of dollars in tuition loans. Compare this to Biden’s plan to give everyone a $10,000 tuition waiver. It is currently blocked as the U.S. Supreme Court deliberates on its future. This is another short-sighted government payment with no endgame or long-term strategy attached.
Speaking of short-sighted initiatives, health care policies enacted under President Obama and now expanded under President Biden are responsible, at least in part, for the chaos we see in hospitals today. suggests that being unkind to charitable donors and offering occasional VIP care is also not a real problem. It expands one-size-fits-all insurance coverage that pays hospitals and their doctors meagerly, while overwhelming them with an enormous amount of bureaucratic paperwork that hinders patient care.
Now President Biden is clogging up the ER for people (18 million) who have lost their Medicaid coverage if the coronavirus public health emergency ends in April 2023. We are proposing making it easier to purchase an Obamacare plan. Because so many of these individual problems planning under the Affordable Care Act relies on a narrow network of physicians and massive redeemable roadblocks, patients who suddenly become ill are forced into hospitals in emergency rooms. I have nowhere else to seek treatment. This is one reason why the ER is so busy.
The solution is philanthropy like Langone, not ridiculous tax spending like Biden. The solution is not to immediately see patients with real emergencies, or to fake special rooms where celebrities like US senators can be treated privately while receiving the care they need. should be praised, not scolded. His name belongs to a building where he has done so much to support quality care and research.The people who work there are honored to be associated with his name. .
Marc Siegel MD is Professor of Medicine at NYU Langone Health and Medical Director of Doctor Radio. He is a medical correspondent for Fox News and the author of a new book. The politics of fear and the power of science. ”
