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Rock County opposes Mercy program cuts

By ANN MARIE AMES ( Contact ) Thursday, September 25, 2008 - 10:28 p.m.

JANESVILLE--The Rock County Board is not happy with Mercy Hospital’s decision to discontinue its Mercy in Motion, adult day care and inpatient hospice care programs.

The board on Thursday night voted unanimously to send a resolution saying as such to Mercy and the county’s state legislators.

Mercy Health System said earlier this summer that it will discontinue Mercy in Motion, which provides Mercy patients with transportation to medical appointments.

Mercy plans eventually to eliminate its hospice residence program and its adult day care program.

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luluberry_0981
Sep 26, 2008 at 6:27 p.m.
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All Mercy cares about is money, no matter who they step on in order to get that money. I say we chase them out of town, they are just a HUGE waste of space....

marymac4
Sep 26, 2008 at 4:15 p.m.
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ITS ALL ABOUT THE CHING CHING and medicare doesnt pay want they want!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

JVLRDR
Sep 26, 2008 at 3:11 p.m.
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Why don't they send a letter to Dean requesting that they start the service?

wishabone
Sep 26, 2008 at 11:07 a.m.
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It's a rotten shame that Mercy has cut the programs to help the elderly and the dying. That seems to contradict the good business "values" Mercy is so willing to advertise. Perhaps if they cut down the funding they use internally with their silly patient surveys, hiring people to monitor and calculate receptionist percentage rates of accuracy, applying for awards that have expensive application fees they could afford to help such important and overlooked members of our community!

jstagrl
Sep 26, 2008 at 9:23 a.m.
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Isn't it a little bit late for that!! The Mercy in Motion program is shut down and they say they aren't going to start it back up! So what good is the letter going to do!!

Kenbjammen
Sep 26, 2008 at 6:41 a.m.
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Yeah, send a letter to Mercy telling them you don't like how you run their business. That is a silly waste of a stamp. Why don't they just improve their transportation program.. Wouldn't that make more sense?

SarahB
Sep 25, 2008 at 11:48 p.m.
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This is coming from the same Rock County Board of Supervisors that slammed the door shut on its own detox unit? Give me a break!

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