The tallest building in Grand Junction, Colorado is the new hospital.<\/p>\n
Think about this paradox.\u00a0 We are told that there is a health care crisis.\u00a0 The cost of care is too expensive, some people aren’t covered by insurance and the people working in the healthcare field are working harder and harder for less and less money. Yet at the same time there is a hospital building boom around the country.\u00a0 In my area they have built new buildings at two local hospitals and the Kaiser on Sunset has a beautiful new wing.\u00a0 There is a contradiction between these two data points.<\/p>\n
So which is it?\u00a0 Is the health care industry in crisis or is it growing rapidly to meet demand and having growing pains?<\/p>\n
Tomorrow the numbers on Baby Boomer Medicare costs.\u00a0 Young people will read them and weep.<\/p>\n
Still to come more stories from Colorado.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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