Stanford halts association with all PPO's, and HMO's

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Cutting back on students was only the tip of the iceberg. Stanford

halted their association with all PPO's, and HMO's. Stanford is

taking only private paying patients.

It's their way of protesting the low reimbursement rates by

government, and all health insurance orgainzations.

Stanford pays their doctors top dollar, as well as their nurses, and

support staff. Stanford just went through a 3 month strike with

their nurses, and it would appear as if with less patients, they will

need less nurses, and support staff.

When a Stanford medical researcher gets a grant, the Univerisity was

taking 74% off the top to cover their overhead. Believe me, 50% off

the top is standard for most research grants.

Some times when you figure out that research is slow, you will figure

out that if your employer is taking 50 - 74% off the top to cover

their overhead, it doesn't leave much to the researcher.

If the researcher doesn't bring in the Federal grant money, then the

person is known as an ex-researcher.

It's pretty bad the way that your tax dollar is being used.