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When people are doing something wrong, they try not to leave a trail. Note this excerpt from the Cancer Coalition of Galveston County's report on UTMB's Demand Access Management Program, the office that short-stopped (or should I say "stopped-short"?) care for the uninsured, and note the utter lack of anything in writing:
A DAMP administrator described the DAMP office as a "processing center" with no written policies for patients, referring physicians, or even the DAMP office itself. Decisions about who is accepted for possible discounted care, according to the DAMP administrator, are not known by DAMP personnel but seem to be based on the needs of the clinic for training and educational purposes. One DAMP administrator said, "There is nothing written on a piece of paper about who will be approved." (p. 41)
So accepting seriously ill, uninsured patients wasn't about saving a life; it was about what the clinics needed. UTMB has turned public service on its head, and public service refers to the public serving UTMB nowadays.
Click on the highlighted text to read "Clearing the Fog: Achieving Reasonable Public Disclosure of Available Free and Reduced Cost Health Care in Galveston County, Texas."
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