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The Shriners Hospital for Children in Spokane begins billing insurance companies next week, a major change for a charitable organization that for decades cared for children with crippling bone, joint and muscle problems, and absorbed the expense.
Shriners Now Bill Insurance
Seeded on Tue Jun 29, 2010 10:12 AM EDT
Article Source: Spokane Spokesman Review- Enjoy this article? Help vote it up the 'Vine.
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I suspect that gross mismanagement led to the decision to no longer provide free medical care to children in need as a majority of Shriner leaders are also members of the Royal Order of Jesters. At the very least, it's clear that those Shriner leaders who use their positions of public trust for private gain have nearly doomed their philanthropic mission.
How sad to betray the membership and the public while hiding behind burned and crippled children or possibly endangering them through clinical research that demands intervention and investigation by the FDA.
The point is that the hospitals no longer provide free medical care.
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#1 - Tue Jun 29, 2010 10:17 AM EDTIt is nearly impossible to provide free medical care, equipment failures alone account for more than 50k monthly of the small hospital i work at.
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I understand but these guys are worth $5 billion and have had decades to build to a point of sustainability.
Thanks for your comments and best of luck,
Sandy
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