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PETITION re: New Policies and Operational Changes at UNC Hospitals Erskine Bowles, President General Administration The University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC 27599 We the undersigned, residents of Orange and adjacent counties, are concerned about new policies and operational changes recently enacted within the UNC Health Care System. In signing this petition we are particularly mindful of the plaque placed on the wall when the main hospital was dedicated on 23 September 1952:
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Petition is sponsored by The Coalition for Continuity of Care for the Geriatric Community, Florence Gray Soltys, Chair.
301 Pittsboro Street CB#3550
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3550
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CEO Roper speaks of a 25% discount for the uninsured. The question is a discount of what price list UNC Heathcare has hundreds of price lists so is he discounting the highest or the lowest Or something in between The uninsured working poor should get the Medicaid price list.
See recent news coverage:
http://www.newsobserver.com/150/story/484822.html
http://www.newsobserver.com/579/story/482369.html
http://www.newsobserver.com/559/story/480697.html
http://www.heraldsun.com/orange/10-765288.html
http://www.newsobserver.com/722/story/480542.html.
http://media.www.dailytarheel.com/media/storage/paper885/news/2006/08/23/University/Unc-Hospitals.Draws.Ire.For.Business.Focus-2237725.shtmlsourcedomain=www.dailytarheel.com&MIIHost=media.collegepublisher.com
http://www.dailytarheel.com/news/2006/08/30/University/Officials.Address.Health.Care.Concerns-2251254.shtml&mkey=2153535
http://www.heraldsun.com/orange/10-762963.html
http://www.newsobserverecom/102/story/476459.html
Perks for profit or better care see: http://www.newsobserver.com/559/story/466545.html
Roper\'s Plan to make UNC Healthcare in the for-profit model see http://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2005/03/28/story4.html
See Nonprofit Hospitals Face Scrutiny Over Practices
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/19/politics/19health.htmlex=1300424400&en=810a318c75ff0da3&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Orange County Democratic Party 2006 Resolution Eight at: http://orangedems.com/platform.shtml
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