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Yes Boobie Rush here has intro'd a bill that will cause this Country even more money with and over healthcare. Not only is he trying to get more Federal funds for Chicago and Illinois. But now all across the country. Course the added emphasis is over gunshots. Also there was his son who was shot and couldn't get to a trauma center. So it is also personal to him. As is the Gun Issues.
In an effort to fix what he called a “dire” need for a South Side Level 1 trauma center, U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush (D-Ill.) has introduced a bill to provide $100 million to create more trauma centers.
Rush said he recognizes that $100 million isn’t enough to sustain the many areas that need trauma centers. But he said that it’s a start.
The bill, called the Trauma Act, was introduced in the U.S. House two weeks ago. A vote has not yet been called.
If the bill is passed, the money would be allocated to trauma deserts around the country, including Chicago. Trauma deserts are those that do not have a trauma center within a reasonable distance, such as five miles.
Chicago has four Level 1 trauma centers: John H. Stroger Jr Hospital of Cook County and Mount Sinai Hospital on the West Side and Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center and Northwestern Memorial Hospital on the North Side.
Rush has said that he thinks his own son would be alive if there had been more trauma centers on the South Side. His son, Huey Rich, lost his life in 1999 partly due to the fact that the nearby hospital — just a few blocks from where Huey Rich was shot — did not have a Level 1 trauma care facility, he said.....snip~
Rep. Bobby Rush calls for federal funds to create more trauma centers - Chicago Sun-Times
Naturally he started with what he would consider a piddly amount. But he knows he can get more money if they pass the Bill. Other then will want more money from the Fed. To build New Trauma centers. Do you think they convert some medical facilities already in Use to create trauma centers? What about making sure other Hospitals have Trauma teams? Even critics from the left here in Chicago.....give Obamacare 3 years. Before it bleeds out everybody.
What about the creation of Specific Paramedics out with trauma teams in areas where there are more apt to be shootings? Course I am sure they could handle issues still with car and truck accidents.
Why call on the Fed when it is clearly a State issue and only certain states and cities anyways. Did he not read Hillary's Book.....It takes a Village. :2razz:
In an effort to fix what he called a “dire” need for a South Side Level 1 trauma center, U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush (D-Ill.) has introduced a bill to provide $100 million to create more trauma centers.
Rush said he recognizes that $100 million isn’t enough to sustain the many areas that need trauma centers. But he said that it’s a start.
The bill, called the Trauma Act, was introduced in the U.S. House two weeks ago. A vote has not yet been called.
If the bill is passed, the money would be allocated to trauma deserts around the country, including Chicago. Trauma deserts are those that do not have a trauma center within a reasonable distance, such as five miles.
Chicago has four Level 1 trauma centers: John H. Stroger Jr Hospital of Cook County and Mount Sinai Hospital on the West Side and Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center and Northwestern Memorial Hospital on the North Side.
Rush has said that he thinks his own son would be alive if there had been more trauma centers on the South Side. His son, Huey Rich, lost his life in 1999 partly due to the fact that the nearby hospital — just a few blocks from where Huey Rich was shot — did not have a Level 1 trauma care facility, he said.....snip~
Rep. Bobby Rush calls for federal funds to create more trauma centers - Chicago Sun-Times
Naturally he started with what he would consider a piddly amount. But he knows he can get more money if they pass the Bill. Other then will want more money from the Fed. To build New Trauma centers. Do you think they convert some medical facilities already in Use to create trauma centers? What about making sure other Hospitals have Trauma teams? Even critics from the left here in Chicago.....give Obamacare 3 years. Before it bleeds out everybody.
What about the creation of Specific Paramedics out with trauma teams in areas where there are more apt to be shootings? Course I am sure they could handle issues still with car and truck accidents.
Why call on the Fed when it is clearly a State issue and only certain states and cities anyways. Did he not read Hillary's Book.....It takes a Village. :2razz: