Under construction: watch for wet paint

We are making changes to the blog and adding more items so that the story is more explanatory to people outside this insular valley surrounding our man made Lake Isabella. This story is not unique to healthcare and hospitals, in fact, it is becoming more and more common to see the same problems we have here, that is, high debt ratios, low safety and quality issues.

But what we have discovered over the course of the last five years is that politics and healthcare are not companions, they are divisive. President Obama recently stated an intention to reduce "standards of care" thus reducing unnecessary costs. I'm sure KVHD has the bar lowered enough in terms of care, but this is why this investigation continues as we have no hope if we can't finally face the problems plaguing this community and correct them.

How these are corrected are up to this community, and cities all around our nation. Let's put patients back into healthcare, begin again. You can't call a country a democracy, with a certain philosophy, while at the same time turning your heads while they mismanage and mislead.

There is a very one sided nature about healthcare in America which needs to be elucidated so other communities who have suffered from similar issues can learn from our experience.

These are only some of the issues that need immediate attention:

1. Cut back all administrative salaries 20% immediately and implement the merit and profit system to evaluate raises.
2. Bring in new board counsel and reduce costs by utilizing local legal services. (think local)
3. A new auditor.
4. No additional costs