On Hospitals: Patients won't be paying price for facilities, technology
Posted on December 12 at 11:12 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
"Hospitals: Patients won't be paying price for facilities, technology"
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Just exactly who will be paying for it? The only source of income that health care facilities have is from patient charges for services rendered.
Don't me wrong, I think we need more competition in the health care industry, not less. Competition drives prices down and improves quality, when done in a true market-driven setting.
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The first step in achieving that is to quit treating hospitals as charitable institutions. They are not. They are profit generating businesses like any other and need to pay taxes just as other businesses do.
On Health festival to showcase new entrance at Mercy Hospital
Posted on November 18 at 1:24 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
Thank you, janesvillean. We can kill two birds with one stone here. Partial solution to the deficit issue and the first step toward health care reform -- tax hospitals as profit-making businesses, which they are. If they can spend money on construction projects like this and North Pointe (by Beloit Health Systems) they can afford to pay taxes.
On Redeveloper buys former Kennedy Homes at auction for $400K
Posted on November 12 at 7:46 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
Udubdub10: If a farmer can't operate profitably without these massive subsidies then corn flakes already cost $10 a box and we're paying it one way or another.
On Congress moves to create new farm subsidy
Posted on November 7 at 6:24 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
"Give away" program by the left? Seems to me a majority of "farm state lawmakers" are Republicans and that this bill will have to pass the Republican-controlled House of Representatives to become law. I'd be willing to bet that Paul Ryan votes for it.
On Future of historic Yerkes Observatory remains unclear
Posted on October 25 at 6:29 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
janesvillean: there you go again, muddying up these discussions with facts.
On Wheel tax would help city avoid layoffs, service reductions
Posted on October 11 at 7:32 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
The wheel tax is added to your registration fee when you renew your car license. DMV collects it and passes it on to the municipality. There is minimal cost involved in collecting it..
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Question for troyjanes: If this proposal causes people to simply not register cars they aren't driving and park them beside the house, where are they parking those cars now ( that they aren't driving)?
On Downtown Janesville plan appears to be victim of Great Recession
Posted on September 10 at 6:33 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
If creating a BID district is impossible then hopes for a downtown recovery will remain dim. Voting against it was short sighted in the extreme. The small amount of additional taxes that downtown property owners would have paid would have been recovered many times over in increased viability of their businesses and increased value in their downtown investment. Without a BID district all bets are off.
On Menominee: Govt' will withdraw casino objection
Posted on August 17 at 12:32 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
The Beloit casino project is back on the table along with other applications which were deep sixed by the Bush administration. It has gotten complicated though as the Hochunk tribe purchased the land that the St. Croix were proposing for their casino and are going forward with their own casino proposal. If you want to place a bet, go with the tribe with the deeper pockets to win this battle.
On Ryan says he didn't want super committee spot
Posted on August 12 at 7:03 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
Troyjanss, that's the problem for Ryan. As Chair of the budget committee, if he sits on the "super committee" then the committee DOES have a voice and he would pretty much have to accept its recommendations and try to put them into practice. Those recommendations would be unpopular enough that they could hurt his reelection chances, a risk he isn't willing to take.
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On Athletes could skip gym under new law
Posted on December 24 at 7:30 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
This measure does make a certain amount of sense if these athletes are required to substitute academic credits in place of the phy ed credits and not just go home an hour early.