To the editor:
It pains me (no pun intended) that in the USA, the first thing you think of when you get hurt or need to go to the hospital is....can I afford it, how much will it cost or maybe I'll just put it off because I can't afford the hospital. What a shame in this big, rich, powerful country of ours the leading cause of bankruptcy is hospital bills.
It seems most of the hospitals in the gorge are "not-for-profit" as in they don't make any money, they are in the game to help us.
I find it interesting that Mid- Columbia Medical Center (MCMC) in The Dalles just opened a brand spanking new "Wellness Center" on the Hood River waterfront that the Naito boys from Portland just built. It's really nice, but I'm curious how the MCMC can afford the most expensive real estate in Hood River for this Wellness Center. It's my understanding that the highest paid person in Wasco County is the CEO of MCMC. And I do know that one night at MCMC last December cost me over $12,000; that’s one night! Someone is making some serious scratch here. Not for profit, yeah right.
Now the sisters of profit ( Providence ) here in Hood River are not much better as they have a retired CEO that makes $500,000 for not working, he must have done a real good job is all I gotta say!
How about that Gucci facelift the building got a few years ago to the tune of $12 million, and all the nice artwork?
In the countries of Britain, France, Japan, Germany, Canada, Holland...no one goes bankrupt with hospital bills, but here in the good ol US of A 643,000 people a year go bankrupt.
This legalized extortion must stop, the medical mafia has had their way with us for far too long.
Stephen Curley
Hood River
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