Recently I joined a delegation to The Tribune editorial board to explain our opposition to Proposition 3, full Medicaid Expansion under the “Affordable Care Act” (ACA). Such was our reception that board member George Pyle later published an “apology” for his rather animated response in the meeting.
His apology included a charge that we lied. We did not. The discussion about emergency rooms was part of a much greater whole and simply acknowledged that our local health care institutions often do an admirable job of securing care for the truly indigent. No one was suggesting that ERs are a desirable solution.