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No More Protons, Please!
I can't tell whether you are being ironic or not in your "No More Protons, Please!" headline. But Ron L. has it exactly right - as I read it all the 23 legislators were doing was trying to keep the CON board from stopping a new center from being built - they wouldn't have had to get involved if the other Springfield numbskulls had more intelligently dealt with it in the first place. They approve NIU using tax dollars to build something, and say that a real company can't do it with private money. And since no one has built one of these particle centers in less than 3 years, ever, NIU won't get theirs build before they default (my cousin drove by their site yesterday and saw nothing but grassy fields). So then the state won't have any protons. Congrats, Blago - you let a state board give a health care monopoly to a state school which knows nothing about health care - and single-handedly you've ensured that no one in the state can get quality care. Did Rezko help you out with this one, or was it all your idea?
- posted by Dr. Ara Weiss
- July 23, 2008 @ 10:10 pm
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I saw the coverage of this issue in the Chicago papers and noted that these state legislators are actually calling for the state to GET OUT OF THE WAY in the case of this proton center. The insane buraucracy of Illinois' CON process is a mess, and has been a well documented hotbed of corruption as well. These legislators aren't trying to make the decisions about health care but are trying to prevent the archaic process from slowing down the advent of new technology for patients. I think it's also very important in this case to note that the state is supporting a public university spending tax dollars to get into the proton business (a school with no medical school or hospital by the way) and they are blocking private investment in the same field. It's downright socialist!
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