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Bush in River City, soon to be in Lee’s Scummit

January 25, 2007 |

Bush in KC

Air Force One has landed at the Downtown Airport. Bush will be appearing at St. Luke’s Hospital East in Lee’s Summit, so watch out for motorcade congestion on routes between Downtown and Lee’s Summit, possibly US 71, I-470, I-435, or I-70. Keep on eye on Scout for traffic updates.

Many folks have noted the irony of the President visiting one of the country’s most affluent suburbs to promote his new health plan for the poor and working class. However it does makes sense when you consider that St. Luke’s is a customer of Cerner, which has a large data center in Lee’s Summit, and whose CEO Neal Patterson is a big Bush contributor and lives nearby in Loch Lloyd. Plus, Lee’s Summit Mayor Karen Messerli is an employee of St. Luke’s Health System.


Comments

7 Comments so far

  1. Adrianne on January 25, 2007 7:01 pm

    You know he wasn’t going to Truman at Hospital Hill, where so many uninsured and under-insured are treated!

  2. Jim S on January 25, 2007 8:58 pm

    It’s not like Bush’s plan really has anything to help solve the problem of the uninsured anyway. But it’s got other serious flaws. Consider these facts.

    The $15,000 level that the Bush administration calls a gold plated plan can also be readily achieved by simply being the right age in many states. In addition your insurance plan can cost that much if you have previously had an expensive to treat condition. Think of a growing part of our populace like cancer survivors.

    In addition the plan is to index the amount to the standard rate of inflation. I can’t remember the last time a health insurance plan hasn’t increased in price that little. In fact health insurance for small businesses and individuals has been at least 4 times that in my experience for quite a few years.

    Only people who are completely out of touch with what’s really happening could come up with this plan.

  3. Seldon on January 26, 2007 5:39 am

    Neal lives in Lakewood not Lock Lloyd. Also, why would he not go to “Truman East” Lakewood. They have a huge newly constructed facility. President and CEO of TMC has ties to Cleaver going back several years when his wife worked in the TMC administration. Also TMC exemplifies what can be done with ever decreasing Medicaid/Medicare subsidies.

  4. Johnny on January 26, 2007 5:58 am

    St. Lukes’ primary health IT provider is McKesson. The Cerner product they do use is really a very minor component. Saint Luke’s did win the Baldridge award a couple years back which is presented by the President.

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