{"id":281,"date":"2011-11-30T10:54:33","date_gmt":"2011-11-30T14:54:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.khpi.org\/blog\/?p=281"},"modified":"2012-07-11T18:21:48","modified_gmt":"2012-07-11T22:21:48","slug":"lots-of-health-policy-still-in-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.khpi.org\/blog\/lots-of-health-policy-still-in-play\/","title":{"rendered":"Lots of Health Policy Still in Play!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I had the good fortune to be able to travel abroad and at home for most of the fall.\u00a0 I confess I still have a foot-high pile of newspapers to look through.\u00a0 It is immediately clear that a number of things have happened related to items I have been commenting upon in these pages.\u00a0 Among these items:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The state legislature, not surprisingly, followed through with its support for a new concept of optometry by approving new regulations.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0The Veterans Administration listened to the overwhelming resistance by veterans and others to placing a new Veterans Hospital in downtown Louisville but also, reasonably in my opinion, felt that remaining on the existing Zorn Avenue site was impractical. \u00a0 This decision has not disarmed the proponents of another downtown hospital who will no doubt continue to bring political pressure to bear against the remaining suburban locations.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Drug companies continue to behave like tobacco companies.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Everyone agrees our healthcare system is in big trouble but almost no one agrees with <a title=\"Vision of Health Care for 21st Century\" href=\"http:\/\/www.khpi.org\/blog\/?p=352\">what to do about it<\/a>. \u00a0 My prediction: it will get worse before it gets better.)<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0For sheer volume of public concern however, nothing comes close to the resistance against a vaguely revealed merger or acquisition of University of Louisville Hospital by the religious organization, Catholic Healthcare Initiatives.\u00a0 In some as yet undisclosed way, University of Louisville Hospital will combine with Jewish Hospital &amp; St. Mary&#8217;s Healthcare.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I will try to comment on these and other issues.\u00a0 Please join me.<\/p>\n<p>Peter Hasselbacher<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"sharing-anchor sd-button share-more\"><span>Share<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"sharing-hidden\"><div class=\"inner\" style=\"display: none;\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-281\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.khpi.org\/blog\/lots-of-health-policy-still-in-play\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\" ><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-linkedin-281\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.khpi.org\/blog\/lots-of-health-policy-still-in-play\/?share=linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on LinkedIn\" ><span>LinkedIn<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-281\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.khpi.org\/blog\/lots-of-health-policy-still-in-play\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\" ><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Lots%20of%20Health%20Policy%20Still%20in%20Play%21&body=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.khpi.org%2Fblog%2Flots-of-health-policy-still-in-play%2F&share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email a link to a friend\" data-email-share-error-title=\"Do you have email set up?\" data-email-share-error-text=\"If you&#039;re having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. 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