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The council was told that it was urgent that they act because of an impending "moratorium" imposed by the state on pile-driving in the river at this time of year.
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The Conservative Republican Club hosted a very dynamic speaker in Dr. Greg Brannon from Cary who is a real Patriot. He is a practicing OB/Gyn doctor.
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In this article we look at a continuing distortion about reimbursement and the difference in impact on the local economy by a non-profit vs a for-profit operator.
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We have previously published here our opinion that the major difference between the lease proposals on the Beaufort Regional Health System was in the end-of-the-lease option.
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The Observer received a tip that the Washington Police Department was going to be merged with the Beaufort County Sheriff's department.
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The Washington Daily News has done it yet again. This time it was a hatchet job on SB 8 and charter schools via way of allowing School Board Chairman Robert Belcher to spew lies and distortions.
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We have learned very quickly how University Health Systems intends to operate the Beaufort Regional Health System (UHS). Secretly.
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The Washington Daily News (editorial on 1-30-11) bestows upon us their wisdom in assessing an "Understandable frustration."
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The Beaufort County Board of Commissioners met at Beaufort Community College for the purpose of reviewing the recommendation from the Beaufort Health System Board of Commissioners.
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Here's our challenge to the WDN, our hospital leaders and anyone interested in the outcome of the hospital controversy. Do you know the answer to the following questions:
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There are probably few people who realize it, simply because they have not thought about it much, but the Hospital Controversy has produced a milestone in Beaufort County.
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Stan Deatherage, and to a lesser extent, Hood Richardson, have come under strong attacks by some of the supporters of University Health Systems taking over the Beaufort Hospital.
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If UHS is not willing to bid we suggest those in favor of UHS provide them whatever inducement it would take to get them to do so.
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James and Phyllis Boyd and their attorneys have made an egregious mistake...a mistake that goes to the very heart of our system of government.
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At a 3:00 p.m. press conference, Hospital Board Finance Committee Chair and County Commission representative on the Hospital Board Hood Richardson explained the CHS action and its implications..
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It almost got out of hand because Sandy Hardy persisted in trying to rhetorically trump other individuals and the process, but he's an attorney so what more can we say.
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The videos below will allow readers to review the way the Hospital board made its decision to recommend Community Health Systems over University Health Systems.
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The board took no action except to agree to a recommendation from the County Manager that it meet with representatives of University Health Systems (UHS) and CHS next week.
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As we enter the short rows in the Hospital debate, one of the things we've been asked about and keep hearing some people talk about is how much better the quality of health care will be.
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We've got a lot of problems in this county that really need something done about them, but the way we elect county commissioners is not one of them.
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Thus, it is presumed that officials foresee the possibility that the Hospital's Negotiating Committee will make a recommendation on which proposal for taking over the hospital.
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Hopefully, Beaufort County is on the verge of doing some long-awaited long range school facilities planning
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The Beaufort County Health System Board of Commissioners met in special called meeting Thursday (12-16-10) to hear a recommendation from its Finance Committee.
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As most people in Beaufort County realize, the Hospital Board is considering several proposals related to the Hospital. Two of those proposals involve the real estate.
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Someone once said: "the most despotic government every invented is the local planning board...and a city council is nothing but a planning board on steroids."
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Washington Daily News County Commissioner Jay McRoy stated: "There's no doubt I'd have to support UHS because the problem with the local health care system is the reimbursement."
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We don't pretend to be as wise as Messrs. McRoy, Klemm or our august peers at the WDN but it kind of makes sense to us that you don't bargain away your health care system.
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The health care market in Dare County is split, but controlled by UHS but UHS was not willing to use locally generated profit to support the system serving the entire county.
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The good news is that Community Health Systems (CHS) has agreed to re-enter the negotiations on proposals to take over the Beaufort Health System.
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The reason the Health System is in its current predicament is because of poor management and a board that has been unwilling to make the hard decisions to cut expenses.
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So the Washington Daily News has jumped on the University Health System bandwagon. Or is it "jumped into bed with" UHS?
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Back in August, while being interviewed on another subject, Dick Morris mentioned that "congressional staffers get their student loans written off."
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