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<v Speaker 1>It's Night Side with Dan Ray WBZ Constin's Radio.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, first off, the little breaking news here. Let me

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<v Speaker 2>announce publicly the winner of our Super Bowl challenge from

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<v Speaker 2>Friday night. In the twentieth hour on Friday night, we

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<v Speaker 2>asked our listeners to call in and predict the final

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<v Speaker 2>of Sunday evening Super Bowl game. Obviously, the Philadelphia Eagles

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<v Speaker 2>prevailed over the Kansas City Chiefs. So about half of

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<v Speaker 2>our group on Friday night, and we had a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of callers on Friday night during the eleven o'clock hour,

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<v Speaker 2>about half picked the Eagles and the other half picked

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<v Speaker 2>the Chiefs. I didn't break down the numbers. I'm almost

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<v Speaker 2>looking at it right now and figuring out. Let me see,

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<v Speaker 2>we had one, two, three, four, five, six seven, there

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<v Speaker 2>were more Philadelphia. Philadelphia probably was actually more like two

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<v Speaker 2>to one, not quite, but it was the majority picked Philadelphia.

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<v Speaker 2>So we had a wide variety of scores, and the

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<v Speaker 2>listener who came closest rob We probably should have had

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<v Speaker 2>a drum roll with this. We didn't prep this very well.

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<v Speaker 2>But the listener who came closest with a predicted prediction

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<v Speaker 2>of thirty four to twenty four. The reason that this

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<v Speaker 2>person was the closest. The final score was forty let's see,

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<v Speaker 2>it was forty to twenty two, so he was off

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<v Speaker 2>by six points. He predicted thirty four for the Eagles,

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<v Speaker 2>so he was six points below that. But he was

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<v Speaker 2>very close with the score for the Chiefs. They scored

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<v Speaker 2>twenty two points, and so he was only two points

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<v Speaker 2>off there, and that was the key to his success.

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<v Speaker 2>He was off a total of eight points. There were

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<v Speaker 2>several of us who were in the low double digits,

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<v Speaker 2>including yours. Truly, I was just throwing a suggestion and

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<v Speaker 2>I predicted the Eagles would win thirty five to twenty eight.

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<v Speaker 2>So I was five points short on the Philadelphia score

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<v Speaker 2>and I was six points over on the Kansas City score.

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<v Speaker 2>So not that I was in the competition, but our winner.

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<v Speaker 2>If we got a drum roll here or anything like that, Rob,

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<v Speaker 2>if we don't we don't have a drum roll, okay,

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<v Speaker 2>no problem. You know, we can't left the we can't

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<v Speaker 2>let the band off on Monday nights. Rob, when we

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<v Speaker 2>have these, you know, you've got to be able to queue.

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<v Speaker 2>The drummer should have been here tonight. But that's okay.

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<v Speaker 2>Is Sean from Beverly. So Sean nice rode applause though

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<v Speaker 2>from the digital studio audience. So Sean, if you're listening now,

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<v Speaker 2>or if anyone knows Sean from Beverly, you need to

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<v Speaker 2>call in with your address and you of the winner

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<v Speaker 2>of a fabulous night side Cobalt blue night side coffee

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<v Speaker 2>mug courtesy of our friends at the at College Hype.

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<v Speaker 2>Is that Sean on the phone with you already? Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>let's put him on. We'll give them congratulations on the air. Yeah, Sean, Sean, congratulations,

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<v Speaker 2>you're the winner. You're the winner.

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<v Speaker 3>Man.

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<v Speaker 2>You're thirty four to twenty four. You were just eight

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<v Speaker 2>points off in total. I mean, you almost nailed it.

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<v Speaker 4>Well, I'll tell you, Kenna City scut a couple of

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<v Speaker 4>cheapies at the end. They to make it close. I

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<v Speaker 4>had no idea that close. But yeah, that was all right?

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<v Speaker 4>Is that right?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah? No, No, you were fine. I mean you had

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<v Speaker 2>it thirty four, you had it as a ten point spread.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank god Kansas City made it that close. Actually that

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<v Speaker 2>that was really the key to key to your success.

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<v Speaker 2>I'll have to ask you this question. Did you wager

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<v Speaker 2>on the game at all?

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<v Speaker 3>Or no?

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<v Speaker 5>I did not.

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<v Speaker 4>I did not know.

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<v Speaker 5>I'm not gonna wager.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, you leave your name and your address and all

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<v Speaker 2>of that. I appreciate you calling in. Uh, this is great.

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<v Speaker 2>You you got the the the night side mug coming

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<v Speaker 2>your way. Will get it up to you certainly by

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<v Speaker 2>the end of the week, and you're gonna enjoy it.

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<v Speaker 2>It's really it's a nice coffee mug. You you're gonna

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<v Speaker 2>you're gonna like it. And also include a phone number

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<v Speaker 2>so we can get in touch with you if there's

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<v Speaker 2>any any problems at all with the mug. You'll they

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<v Speaker 2>wrap it up at College High. They put it in

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<v Speaker 2>a good packing and it'll arrive at your door hopefully

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<v Speaker 2>by week's end.

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<v Speaker 4>Okay, I'll look forward to it. Thanks again, d I

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<v Speaker 4>appreciate it.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, keep calling the show. Go back and talk to

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<v Speaker 2>Rob and make sure that Rob you got the name,

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<v Speaker 2>address in phone number. That's all we need. Well, that's great,

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<v Speaker 2>Sean was actually listening. I'm thrilled about that. I am

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<v Speaker 2>absolutely thrilled that Sean would take the time not only

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<v Speaker 2>to call in the other night, but also to follow up.

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<v Speaker 2>He probably knew he had a shot at it. And Uh,

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<v Speaker 2>for those of you who didn't win. That's okay. We'll

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<v Speaker 2>have some other contests, I'm sure going forward. And again,

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<v Speaker 2>congratulations to Sean from be Really Massachusetts our winner. He

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<v Speaker 2>predicted thirty four to twenty four. If he had bet

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<v Speaker 2>that game, he would have won some money. Philadelphia was

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<v Speaker 2>an underdog, so he would have easily covered. He would

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<v Speaker 2>have not only would have recovered, but he would have

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<v Speaker 2>won the bet straight out as well. So congratulations. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>to a less happy note, we're going to talk about

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<v Speaker 2>an announcement. Actually the Globe. Credit to the Globe broke

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<v Speaker 2>this story to the best of my knowledge today and basically,

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<v Speaker 2>we have seen a lot of activity in hospitals mergers

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<v Speaker 2>and it is now it's no longer the mass General Hospital.

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<v Speaker 2>It's MGB, which is Mass General combined with Brigham and Women,

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<v Speaker 2>so it's Mass General Brigham. And they have decided that

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<v Speaker 2>they need to take a lot of jobs away from people.

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<v Speaker 2>They have between Mass General and Brigham eighty two thousand people.

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<v Speaker 2>They're the biggest employers in the come walth of Massachusetts.

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<v Speaker 2>They have an economic impact of fifty three billion dollars.

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<v Speaker 2>Mass General Brigham employees about seventy five hundred physicians, three

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<v Speaker 2>thousand advanced practice providers, which I assume mean physicians, assistance

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<v Speaker 2>and the most important group the fifteen thousand nurses who

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<v Speaker 2>care for millions of patients a year. They intend to

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<v Speaker 2>I guess, trim the payroll, the financial finances in the

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<v Speaker 2>payroll by two percent, two percent of eighty two thousand people.

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<v Speaker 2>It's some one and forty positions, and it might be

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<v Speaker 2>more than that, because I suspect that most of the

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<v Speaker 2>cuts are going to be not necessarily at the top

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<v Speaker 2>of that economic pyramid. They we have a statement from

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<v Speaker 2>Mass General and Brigham. From there, I didn't see anyone

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<v Speaker 2>from Mass Mass General uh and and and Brigham on

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<v Speaker 2>television tonight. I saw some analysts, but we didn't see

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<v Speaker 2>the head of the the this huge, this huge medical complex.

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<v Speaker 2>And so what I want to do here, to be

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<v Speaker 2>really honest with the chief executive is doctor Ian Klebanski.

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<v Speaker 2>And she sent this email out to her employees, which

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<v Speaker 2>was which was obtained by the Globe. Sure that once

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<v Speaker 2>you send an email out to eighty two thousand employees,

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<v Speaker 2>one of them are going to send a copy to

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<v Speaker 2>the Globe. But I believe the Globe broke the story.

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<v Speaker 2>So when we get back, I want to talk about this,

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<v Speaker 2>and here's the context in which I'd like to talk

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<v Speaker 2>about it. It was about ten years or so ago

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<v Speaker 2>when Obamacare passed, and I think we were all lulled

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<v Speaker 2>into this sense of security, that false security, that Obamacare

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<v Speaker 2>was the greatest thing since slice bread. I don't think

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<v Speaker 2>it's turned out to be the greatest thing since slice spread.

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<v Speaker 2>We have a shortage of doctors, of personal care physicians.

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<v Speaker 2>We have longer and longer waits at emergency rooms. I

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<v Speaker 2>don't know how many of you have had to go

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<v Speaker 2>to an emergency room in a well and in New

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<v Speaker 2>England hospital, or in a hospital anywhere. I spoke with

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<v Speaker 2>someone earlier today and I'm just not going to get

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<v Speaker 2>into a lot of the specifics, but the individual had

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<v Speaker 2>to take his son to an emergency room yesterday. And

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<v Speaker 2>this was Sunday, the Sunday of Super Bowl, which is traditionally,

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<v Speaker 2>and I know this from experience, one of the slowest

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<v Speaker 2>days in emergency rooms in hospitals anywhere. And you know

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<v Speaker 2>why because most people are already at home or they're

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<v Speaker 2>planted in front of their television sets at three o'clock

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<v Speaker 2>watching the Super Bowl pregame show. So on this one

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<v Speaker 2>of the slowest days of the year. At this particular

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<v Speaker 2>hospital which I'm not going to identify. This dad was

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<v Speaker 2>told it would take seven hours, seven seven hours, think

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<v Speaker 2>about that for his son to be seen in the

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<v Speaker 2>emergency room by a physician. That is I think unacceptable.

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<v Speaker 2>It's unacceptable in America. I'd like to get your reaction.

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<v Speaker 2>Are you satisfied with the medical carrier you're getting these days?

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<v Speaker 2>I suspect that mass general. I hope they don't cut

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<v Speaker 2>one doctor. I hope they don't cut one patient some

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<v Speaker 2>you know doctors, you know, assistant patient advocate. I hope

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<v Speaker 2>they don't cut any nurses, they don't cut any physicians

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<v Speaker 2>assistance let them cut. In within the administration, I think

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<v Speaker 2>that all of these big institutions have become overly reliant

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<v Speaker 2>upon administrators. And just as in government, by the way,

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<v Speaker 2>the bigger something becomes, the more people who were there

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<v Speaker 2>who were not providing the service. It's as simple as that.

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<v Speaker 2>And it's ironic that at a time when President Trump

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<v Speaker 2>is being his his efforts to reduce government is being

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<v Speaker 2>stopped by federal judges across the country. There's even a

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<v Speaker 2>federal judge in New Mexico which has decided to uh stop,

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<v Speaker 2>restrain Trump from President Trump from sending some of these

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<v Speaker 2>most violent criminals, criminal aliens to Guintanamo. What's wrong with us?

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<v Speaker 2>What's wrong with us? I mean, who has Why would

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<v Speaker 2>a federal judge come to that conclusion? I mean, we

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<v Speaker 2>got some bad people. Put him in get Mo, we

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<v Speaker 2>got the beds. What are you gonna do? Put them

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<v Speaker 2>in local jails, put them in gim for a while

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<v Speaker 2>to figure out what to do with them, simple as that, anyway,

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<v Speaker 2>let them take a vacation at get Mo. That's not

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<v Speaker 2>the subject. The subject is how you doing in terms

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<v Speaker 2>of getting medical treatment? Forget the expense. We all know

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<v Speaker 2>the expense is like over the top at this point,

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<v Speaker 2>But how is it that Mass General Brigham, one of

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<v Speaker 2>the most solvent medical institutions in America, has to cut

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<v Speaker 2>two percent from its budget. We'll try to break it down.

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<v Speaker 2>Numbers are not good on radio because it's difficult to conceptualize,

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<v Speaker 2>but I can try to put it. They're going to

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<v Speaker 2>lose I think a minimum of two thousand jobs, and

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<v Speaker 2>it's going to be people who are providing some level

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<v Speaker 2>of care. Maybe they'll be a nurse's aids. But will

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<v Speaker 2>they be cutting in the administration. That's where the cut

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<v Speaker 2>should come. It's as simple as that. There's a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of paper pushers in any business. Okay, there's a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of people who are not contributing. They are there, they've

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<v Speaker 2>been there a long time. Let's I want to know

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<v Speaker 2>how you How are you doing with your medical care

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<v Speaker 2>at this point? You're happy with it? We're in America.

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<v Speaker 2>Are you happy with your medical care? When you have

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<v Speaker 2>to go to the emergency room, when you have to

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<v Speaker 2>find a physician? Are you happy with it? I suspect

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<v Speaker 2>that most Americans aren't, and I suspect it's about time

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<v Speaker 2>for us to start to talk about it. And this

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<v Speaker 2>is our launchpad tonight, Mass General Brigham and they send

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<v Speaker 2>out I'm going to read to you a little bit

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<v Speaker 2>from the statement from the head of Mass General. And

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<v Speaker 2>it's written by lawyers, and it's written by speech writers,

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<v Speaker 2>and it sounds great, But guess what, it doesn't say anything.

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<v Speaker 2>It doesn't say anything other than, oh, we're going to

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<v Speaker 2>do our best. Well, let me tell you they look

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<v Speaker 2>at all the buildings that have gone up around Mass

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<v Speaker 2>Downcoach store or drive. There's nothing but mass general buildings

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<v Speaker 2>going up. Where's the money going? What are we doing?

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<v Speaker 2>What are we doing? That is supposedly the best medical

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<v Speaker 1>Now back to Dan Ray live from the Window World

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<v Speaker 1>night Side Studios on WBZ News Radio.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, we got full lines. Let's go and see

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<v Speaker 2>what people think. They say. I was done today when

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<v Speaker 2>that generally Super Bowl Sunday is one of the slowest

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<v Speaker 2>I was on the road for a little bit. I

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<v Speaker 2>Great Boston, Larry down to the Cape. Hey, Larry, welcome

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<v Speaker 2>first this hour nightside, Good.

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<v Speaker 4>Evening, Dan. I'll tell you my nightmare story with the

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<v Speaker 4>Brigham and Women's. As you know, I'm involved with the

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<v Speaker 2>Group there, Yes, yes, sir, yes, And so this all.

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<v Speaker 4>Started after the vaccine in twenty twenty one. Then I

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<v Speaker 4>got long COVID. But you called the Brigham and Women's

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<v Speaker 4>Recovery you have an intake, and then they send you

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<v Speaker 4>to a specialist. So my problems are more neurological. It

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<v Speaker 4>took me over a year to get the first appointment.

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<v Speaker 4>Doctor saw me. I went over all my symptoms and

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<v Speaker 4>an a point where the PCP had the whole work

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<v Speaker 4>up came back negative, you don't have diabetes. I called

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<v Speaker 4>the office. They said, I'm sorry, we're booked up. I said, wait,

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<v Speaker 4>It took me another year to get into a neurologist

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<v Speaker 4>at the Brigham and Women's. So first one was at

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<v Speaker 4>the mass General and at the Brigamo and Women took

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<v Speaker 4>me another year and then threw his hands up in here.

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<v Speaker 4>They don't know what to do anyway, but the nightm areas.

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<v Speaker 4>I don't know if you saw the micro Bodette report

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<v Speaker 4>last week about the Long COVID Center. No.

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<v Speaker 2>I have a friend. I have a friend, a former

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<v Speaker 2>professional tennis player who's one of the sharpest.

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<v Speaker 4>People I know in the world.

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<v Speaker 2>His name is Cliff Richie. Anybody who followed ten Us

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<v Speaker 2>in the Jimmy Connors, John McEnroe era knows the name

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<v Speaker 2>Cliff Ritchie. And Cliff is dealing with long COVID, and

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<v Speaker 2>he and I have had some very long conversations.

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<v Speaker 4>Larry, it is you understand tough. Yeah, you understand the

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<v Speaker 2>Have a pretty good idea how difficult it is, because

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<v Speaker 2>my friend Cliff Richie was, besides being a great tennis player,

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<v Speaker 2>great golfer. His I've done. I've had him on the

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<v Speaker 2>show a couple of times actually with experts on this one.

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<v Speaker 2>COVID's a very real thing, very really sure.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah no, And I remember you interviewed Julie Sullivan, the

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<v Speaker 4>head of it, the administrator of our group. So anyway,

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<v Speaker 4>during the report, and I didn't even realize this because

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<v Speaker 4>I am involved. We do twice a month, we do

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<v Speaker 4>what we have a support group that we do through zoom.

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<v Speaker 4>He said. There is now over five thousand people registered

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<v Speaker 4>in the Brigham and Women's one. It's the largest one

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<v Speaker 4>in the country. So they start cutting administrative staff, and

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<v Speaker 4>then the administration starts cutting research funding. They're never going

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<v Speaker 4>to find a cus of this. It's a nightmare. It's

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<v Speaker 4>an effort nightmare.

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<v Speaker 2>Eric, thanks for putting that out on the table for

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<v Speaker 2>conversation today, because all of these things have to be

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<v Speaker 2>talked about. It's as simple as that. And when I

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<v Speaker 2>when I read the press release today from you know,

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<v Speaker 2>talk about putting a shine on a sneaker. The headline

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<v Speaker 2>is maximizing our impact, they say, as a not for

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<v Speaker 2>profit healthcare system and the largest private employer in Massachusetts,

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<v Speaker 2>mass General Brigham contributes an overall economic impact to Massachusetts

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<v Speaker 2>more than fifty three billion dollars, employing over eighty two

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<v Speaker 2>thousand people, including roughly seventy five hundred physicians, three thousand

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<v Speaker 2>advanced practice providers, and fifteen thousand nurses who care for

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<v Speaker 2>millions of patients each year. You're having trouble getting cared for, uh,

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<v Speaker 2>and they just go on a bold future. As we

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<v Speaker 2>forge ahead, it is imperative that we accelerate our efforts

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<v Speaker 2>to invest in and fulfill our mission. We must handle

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<v Speaker 2>our financial health with the same precision and innovation that

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<v Speaker 2>we apply to our patient care, research and education. Blah

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<v Speaker 2>blah blah blah blah. Talk about a food salad, I

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<v Speaker 2>mean a word salad. I mean that what it really means,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, crazy, Larry, Thanks for getting that's going here.

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<v Speaker 4>Anxious to hear what other.

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<v Speaker 2>Callers and keep me posted. We'll do we can do

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<v Speaker 2>something again on long COVID, trust.

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<v Speaker 5>Me on that.

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<v Speaker 4>Okay, thank you, I appreciate it, Dan, Thank you.

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<v Speaker 2>Here comes the news at the bottom of the Earth.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you, Larry. Coming back on night Side right.

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<v Speaker 1>After this, Boston's News Radio.

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<v Speaker 2>Thanks Nicole. We're talking about the the cutbacks and mass

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<v Speaker 2>general brighams MGB layoffs are coming. Probably hundreds, could be

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<v Speaker 2>a couple of thousand. Jack and Newton. Jack next on nightside.

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<v Speaker 2>Ooh moo moo, hello, Hello, hello Jack.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, just that's my voice.

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<v Speaker 2>Sure it sounds like you're doing cow imitations. Moo moo moo.

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<v Speaker 5>Go ahead, Jack my voice to make sure I speak well,

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<v Speaker 5>you know, because I've been a little horse.

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<v Speaker 2>Well that's okay, a little horse. Okay, I get the joke. Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>what's up.

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<v Speaker 5>Basically, I've had a very good experience. I don't know

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<v Speaker 5>if it's unusual through a Medicaid. Medicare they take care

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<v Speaker 5>of everything, but there are only two areas they don't

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<v Speaker 5>take care of. It's dental and h and healing. So

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<v Speaker 5>dental can run anywhere. Then I went to three or

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<v Speaker 5>four different dentists, and they can charge for a thousand

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<v Speaker 5>dollars to do a crown to three thousand dollars a crown,

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<v Speaker 5>so people really need to check three or four different places.

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<v Speaker 5>But still they don't cover that. So I've had good

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<v Speaker 5>experiences with Medicare, and I also have good experiences with

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<v Speaker 5>Saint Elizabeth Hospital and Doctor Chill for my prostate problems

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<v Speaker 5>and also Milford medicals.

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<v Speaker 2>That are okay, well, you're you're happy, camber Jack. Again,

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<v Speaker 2>what we're trying to talk about today is that this

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<v Speaker 2>this decision by Mass General Brigham to lay the largest

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<v Speaker 2>layoff in its history amid ongoing reconstruction. Every time I

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<v Speaker 2>drive by Mass General, I see more buildings going up

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<v Speaker 2>into the skyline, and I those two pictures in my

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<v Speaker 2>mind don't connect big layoffs of personnel. I hope I do.

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<v Speaker 2>I hope that they are not laying off frontline medical people.

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<v Speaker 2>And that's what my that's what my concern is. And again,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm glad that you're having good luck with Medicare, and

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<v Speaker 2>maybe some night we'll do a whole couple hours on Medicare.

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<v Speaker 2>But this is this is not the experience a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of other people have had.

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<v Speaker 5>I don't know what the reason is. Maybe they hired

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<v Speaker 5>too many people, Like so it's such a huge place.

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<v Speaker 5>I got too big, and that could be part of

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<v Speaker 5>the reason for the delayers because it is too big.

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<v Speaker 5>Maybe people went too smaller. I'm concerned about the closing

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<v Speaker 5>down of smaller hospitals, but I go all the way

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<v Speaker 5>out from Newton, all the way out to Milford Medical

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<v Speaker 5>Center and it's very nice. There's not long.

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<v Speaker 2>That's good, but I'm gonna I'm going to thank you

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<v Speaker 2>for your call, but I'm going to move on because

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<v Speaker 2>we're I'm looking more at a micro conversation than a

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<v Speaker 2>macro conversation, which is when when when the big one

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<v Speaker 2>like mass General Brigham announces they're going to lay off

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<v Speaker 2>hundreds of employees, that's kind of scary, that's kind of

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<v Speaker 2>ski in terms of what's going on. And as they say,

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<v Speaker 2>I talked to a dad today that had a was

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<v Speaker 2>room on what is probably one of the slowest days

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<v Speaker 2>of the year. Doesn't compute. Doesn't compute. Thanks Jack, we'll

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<v Speaker 2>talk so good night. Let me go to John Is

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<v Speaker 2>in Hanover. John, you are next on nightside.

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<v Speaker 4>Go right ahead, John, Hey, Dan goodenon.

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<v Speaker 6>I was actually just discharged from Celshoe Hospital the other night,

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<v Speaker 6>and you'd be surprised how many people were in there

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<v Speaker 6>with the neuro virus and influenza A.

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<v Speaker 4>I got hit with the SAM combo.

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<v Speaker 6>And it's an on observation on that night specifically, I

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<v Speaker 6>think it was Friday. The number of people brought in

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<v Speaker 6>by a police for like psychiatric hold had that whole

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<v Speaker 6>yah pact with people, but the care itself. I was

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<v Speaker 6>on Pratt five and Pratt six.

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<v Speaker 4>It was outstanding. I'm not as huge like five star.

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<v Speaker 6>Review person, but I mean I was blown away. I

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<v Speaker 6>really was nothing about horror stories about some hospitals. But

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<v Speaker 6>I can't say enough good things about these people.

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<v Speaker 2>What the okay? Again, as they say, my focus is

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<v Speaker 2>on mass General Brigham. But since I gave Jack some

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<v Speaker 2>some freedom, what what? What hospital do you want to

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<v Speaker 2>give a positive review to? Which one are you talking about?

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<v Speaker 4>Social Hospital in South Weymouth?

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, South Show and South Weymouth. You went in with

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<v Speaker 2>what that that cough and that upper respiratory thing and

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<v Speaker 2>all of which I assume is what you're talking about.

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<v Speaker 6>Well, the symptoms of the virus with the vomiting. I

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<v Speaker 6>an acid reflux surgery, and it prevents you from vomiting

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<v Speaker 6>So I went in like gray. They had to give

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<v Speaker 2>I was like, oh, you were you were in big trouble.

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<v Speaker 2>What were you seen immediately?

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<v Speaker 6>I hope, yeah, yeah, the care and the I was outstanding.

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<v Speaker 6>They saw me on the floor, I came off the

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<v Speaker 6>stretcher and they just win seconds. I mean, I can't

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<v Speaker 6>say enough good things about these people.

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<v Speaker 2>Fair enough. Well that's good. I'm glad. The problem is

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<v Speaker 2>not everybody's receiving that sort of treatment. As they said.

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<v Speaker 2>There was a absolutely yeah, I agree, was concerned with

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<v Speaker 2>thirteen year old boy who had to go to the

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<v Speaker 6>I think the only way we can really help any

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<v Speaker 6>the psych transports, because the majority of the beds in

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<v Speaker 6>this hallway was actually psychles and it's not.

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<v Speaker 2>Really crazy, which is which is absolutely crazy.

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<v Speaker 4>If the stave let people people up.

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<v Speaker 6>That maybe that's one way that could actually kind of

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<v Speaker 6>help these eis open up their availability.

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<v Speaker 4>And it could be just the governor with a pen like, hey.

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<v Speaker 6>Open up that hostel they just closed designated psych Let's

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<v Speaker 6>take some of these people getting laid off, Let's.

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<v Speaker 4>Staff them over here.

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<v Speaker 6>Maybe that's some way forward. But I can't imagine what

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<v Speaker 6>they're going through in Boston with the population density.

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<v Speaker 4>But thanks for the time, Dan, you have a good night.

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<v Speaker 2>Brother enjoyed the conversation. Thanks, John, appreciate it. The point

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<v Speaker 2>I was trying to make was that we have basically

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<v Speaker 2>turned people out of psych hospitals, which is tough, very tough.

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<v Speaker 2>Let me go to Alyssa in Kingston. I also see

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<v Speaker 2>Sandy in Boston as a nurse. That's great, Alyssa, you.

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<v Speaker 4>Are too, You're welcome, Thank you.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm a nurse too, so I'll go right here.

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<v Speaker 7>Micro piece of it. Yes, So I've been in bedside

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<v Speaker 7>nursing and administrative nursing for over thirty five years, and

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<v Speaker 7>I want to touch on a couple of things. So

440
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<v Speaker 7>the reimbursement rate from insurances has dramatically decreased, which is caused.

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<v Speaker 7>I mean, I don't know what the problem is. I

442
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<v Speaker 7>was involved in the whole Stuart read candle there but nightmare. However,

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<v Speaker 7>I don't know if it's you know, they don't you know.

444
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<v Speaker 7>I'm sure the reimbursement of a lot of things now

445
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<v Speaker 7>have been really lowered. So in defense of the hospital,

446
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<v Speaker 7>you know, they have to operate. They are a business. However,

447
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<v Speaker 7>the other side is, you know, they're so used to

448
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<v Speaker 7>bringing in so much money, some of these for not

449
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<v Speaker 7>for profit or what have you, that you know, when

450
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<v Speaker 7>they don't see that big money coming in, you know,

451
00:27:17.920 --> 00:27:23.960
<v Speaker 7>they go bankrupt or they start cutting personnel. So I

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<v Speaker 7>kind of feel like the insurance companies and the reimbursement

453
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<v Speaker 7>and whoever's regulating the Medicaid in our South and all

454
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<v Speaker 7>of that too has really put a crunch on how

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<v Speaker 7>providers get reimbursed.

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<v Speaker 2>Man, oh, I do the dirty little the dirty little

457
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<v Speaker 2>secret of Obamacare ten years ago was that the biggest

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<v Speaker 2>supporters of Obamacare were the insurance companies.

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<v Speaker 7>Or middle class I mean not middle class, but we

460
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<v Speaker 7>would be affected the most, so we didn't have a trouble.

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<v Speaker 2>Really, what it says the insurance companies they felt that

462
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<v Speaker 2>Obamacare was good as it was pushing patients to you know,

463
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<v Speaker 2>customers to them, so they benefited dramatically from Obamacare. Now

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<v Speaker 2>we have just think about what's been going on in

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<v Speaker 2>this country the last ten years, with the influx of

466
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<v Speaker 2>people coming into this country from who knows where, all

467
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<v Speaker 2>of a sudden, they're going to hospitals, they don't have

468
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<v Speaker 2>personal care physicians, to go to. They're using hospitals.

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<v Speaker 7>Emergency room right exactly, and we're paying that.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, we're paying.

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<v Speaker 7>That, and there's just there's not enough. You know, they

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<v Speaker 7>cut in corners because you know exactly that. But the

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<v Speaker 7>reimbursement before, say of a gallbladder, you could stay in

474
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<v Speaker 7>hospital for a week, and now a gallbladder is like

475
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<v Speaker 7>two hours. So it really does have to look at

476
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<v Speaker 7>the check and balances and try and maybe not having

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<v Speaker 7>for profit or any profit kind of hospitals and have

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<v Speaker 7>some beduling state maybe reimbursements who assist the system.

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<v Speaker 2>Again, that sounds great. If the state had this little

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<v Speaker 2>thing called the money tree, I would be all in

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<v Speaker 2>favor of that. I just think that that the more

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<v Speaker 2>money that you throw at a lot of our problems,

483
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<v Speaker 2>then the prices. The prices go up. You know, when

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<v Speaker 2>you talk about gallbladder seven days to two hours, you

485
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<v Speaker 2>know as well as I do. Why is that? Because

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<v Speaker 2>they want to get another patient in that bed who

487
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<v Speaker 2>they can charge.

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<v Speaker 7>You know, right, what the encurrent companies have come down

489
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<v Speaker 7>to say, you know, now we're only going to give

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<v Speaker 7>you twenty five hundred versus ten grand. However, you know

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<v Speaker 7>it's not even that the patients don't come and go.

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<v Speaker 7>You have to see who the payers are, so whether

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<v Speaker 7>they really reimburse well or not. I mean, one of

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<v Speaker 7>the things, I know, throw money at it. That healthcare

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<v Speaker 7>is very important, especially in Massachusetts, where we can be

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<v Speaker 7>so proudly to say that we have the best health care,

497
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<v Speaker 7>one of the best health cares in the world, and

498
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<v Speaker 7>all the great hospitals we have around us.

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<v Speaker 2>It's great, great, it's great to say that, okay, and

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<v Speaker 2>I believe that. However, when the then the flagship you know,

501
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<v Speaker 2>mass General brigand announces that they're going to lay off

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<v Speaker 2>hundreds of employees, I'm not so sure that's that's a

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<v Speaker 2>harborder of good things to come, That's all I'm trying

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<v Speaker 2>to say.

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<v Speaker 7>No, however, I think, like you know, it's a business too, right,

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<v Speaker 7>So are they trying to mind me a pockets for

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<v Speaker 7>the bigger half of the chop or are they just

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<v Speaker 7>trying to survive? You know? And just lastly to your

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<v Speaker 7>point Dance you said about throwing money, I mean, one

510
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<v Speaker 7>of those things we all pay for is this mass

511
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<v Speaker 7>medical leave. And I mean I'd rather have healthcare for all,

512
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<v Speaker 7>you know, in better line in the emergency rooms, and

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<v Speaker 7>all those things, and you know, because it's it's the

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<v Speaker 7>field that you want people to want.

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<v Speaker 4>To go into.

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<v Speaker 7>And if you're that overwhelmed and overworked, whether you're a

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<v Speaker 7>doctor or a nurse or you know, a NARS assistant,

518
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<v Speaker 7>you know it really needs to run more soothingly. I

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<v Speaker 7>think without I think it would.

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<v Speaker 2>All be a favorite. Let me ask you, how would

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<v Speaker 2>you feel if you brought your son or daughter to

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<v Speaker 2>an emergency room at a Massachusetts hospital on.

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<v Speaker 4>Supervisor then there and they're.

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<v Speaker 2>Told it's going to be seven hours.

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<v Speaker 7>No, I know, I've been there, but I've also been

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<v Speaker 7>on the other end where you have really sick people

527
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<v Speaker 7>that can't move. There's no beds, there's no floors, there's

528
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<v Speaker 7>no nurses, there's no doctors, and they end up, you know, needing.

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<v Speaker 2>So yeah, listen, you're telling me no floors, no beds,

530
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<v Speaker 2>no nurses, no doctors, and we are the best hospital

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<v Speaker 2>with the best medical providers in the world.

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<v Speaker 7>Those two well, I'm sayings right, I'm saying it's the

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<v Speaker 7>reality of the healthcare system today. In order to get

534
00:31:56.160 --> 00:31:58.519
<v Speaker 7>patients into the bed, you need to get them out right.

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<v Speaker 7>And now, if you have people without insurance, so without

536
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<v Speaker 7>with all these barriers to discharging, you can't get them out.

537
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<v Speaker 7>So there's like a long stream of you know, trying

538
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<v Speaker 7>to rebuke this, you know, reboot the whole system, I think,

539
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<v Speaker 7>because no, it's not right.

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<v Speaker 4>However, the one I thought Obamacare was going to read.

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<v Speaker 2>I thought that Obamacare was was the solution.

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<v Speaker 7>Did you like Obama? What do you like Obamacare?

543
00:32:25.839 --> 00:32:28.759
<v Speaker 4>No? No, I didn't like it with that thinking.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, right, all right, Alyssa got to run. I'm way

545
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<v Speaker 2>past my break. Thank you for the call back on

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<v Speaker 2>night Side. Right after this quick break.

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<v Speaker 1>Now back to Dan Ray live from the Window World

548
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<v Speaker 1>nights Side Studios on WBZ News Radio.

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<v Speaker 2>We have another nurse without Sandy and Boston. Sandy. She's

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<v Speaker 2>a nurse at MGH. Welcome and welcome Sandy.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh hi, love the show.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, thank you, I'm on your side. Tell me what's

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<v Speaker 2>going on at MGH. You guys in trouble over there.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, it was surprising today because a specialty branch off

555
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<v Speaker 3>of the Mass General and we're not unionized, but the

556
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<v Speaker 3>Brigham is unionized. So I was trying to keep up.

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<v Speaker 3>But the thing is, they did let forty people go

558
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<v Speaker 3>today and they said it was just managed. Yeah, they

559
00:33:23.960 --> 00:33:27.519
<v Speaker 3>said it was just management. But they did get rid

560
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<v Speaker 3>of one of my colleagues who was a great manager.

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<v Speaker 3>She had all kinds of degrees, she was hands on

562
00:33:36.279 --> 00:33:42.799
<v Speaker 3>and code situation and she made a pediatric unit, buffed

563
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<v Speaker 3>it all up beautiful. And they let her go today.

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<v Speaker 3>And there's other managers that aren't as qualified as her,

565
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<v Speaker 3>and they're the air. But you know, it's kind of

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<v Speaker 3>like maybe who you know, I'm not sure, but it

567
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<v Speaker 3>was very disappointed to have someone that was very a

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<v Speaker 3>manager but very hands on that they let go today.

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<v Speaker 2>And how long how long had this individual worked at

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<v Speaker 2>Mass General?

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<v Speaker 3>Well, we're in General for a long time. But transfer

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<v Speaker 3>jobs to higher position.

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<v Speaker 2>The people who were let go today, you said that,

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<v Speaker 2>you said there were forty people let go today. Boy,

575
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<v Speaker 2>that's pretty abrupt. Meaning the press release or the news

576
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<v Speaker 2>release was written today. What sort of salaries did they

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<v Speaker 2>did they take out? These were not I assume highly

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<v Speaker 2>compensated employees.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, I don't know what the managers make that the

580
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<v Speaker 3>paid nurse is like one hundred of dollar yeah, and

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<v Speaker 3>then and then the it's what they did, like call

582
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<v Speaker 3>pay would be they made call pay instead of four hours,

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00:35:07.000 --> 00:35:09.599
<v Speaker 3>they they gave us the pay raise, which we were

584
00:35:09.679 --> 00:35:13.760
<v Speaker 3>behind anyways from the Brigham and then with the call pay,

585
00:35:14.480 --> 00:35:20.840
<v Speaker 3>they now it's two hours instead of four hours of pay.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you think do you think that they will actually

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<v Speaker 2>lay off you know, people in the upper management, the

588
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<v Speaker 2>administrators who uh is probably it's probably heavy uh in

589
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<v Speaker 2>the top in the top management. I hope that it's

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<v Speaker 2>not nurses and doctors, uh and providers who are impacted. Uh.

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<v Speaker 3>Wells as far as we know, they need the nurses

592
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<v Speaker 3>and it's well staffed, and there's a lot of great things,

593
00:35:52.840 --> 00:35:58.440
<v Speaker 3>great doctors, great people. Everybody's you know, works well together.

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<v Speaker 3>But I think it came oh in the new buildings

595
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<v Speaker 3>that that they that they're making it putting a lot

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<v Speaker 3>of money into. Like we said, wow, come, where's the

597
00:36:10.320 --> 00:36:15.199
<v Speaker 3>money's going there? Well, supposedly there, that's for the Supposedly

598
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<v Speaker 3>that building is going to bring in future more money

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<v Speaker 3>for them. That's why the you know, the money is

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<v Speaker 3>going towards that, and they're trying to maybe cut back

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<v Speaker 3>on other positions as far as I could understand, but

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<v Speaker 3>I could be off.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, this is just well, it just seems to

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<v Speaker 2>me that it's it seems to me that I get

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<v Speaker 2>the expansion, but the expansion has been incredible. There very

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<v Speaker 2>last question standing in a quick answer, what is the emotion?

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<v Speaker 3>Something to say, what is.

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<v Speaker 2>The feeling like amongst the staff, knowing that already forty

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<v Speaker 2>people have been laid off?

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<v Speaker 4>Is it?

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<v Speaker 2>Is it apprehension? Is it concern or what is how

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<v Speaker 2>would you describe there?

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<v Speaker 3>A little concern that maybe there should be a union

614
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<v Speaker 3>and there to protect people. And then the other thing

615
00:37:05.159 --> 00:37:07.760
<v Speaker 3>is is it just became very woke and there was

616
00:37:08.239 --> 00:37:12.599
<v Speaker 3>there's been there was not recently, but on the summer

617
00:37:12.960 --> 00:37:18.679
<v Speaker 3>there were buses of illegal that emergency room and tied

618
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<v Speaker 3>up that emergency room.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, all all factors that have contributed to this. Sandy,

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<v Speaker 2>thank you so much for the call. Please keep us

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<v Speaker 2>posted on this, okay, and periodically check in because I'm

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<v Speaker 2>very concerned about what's happening at mass General Briger.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, but everybody is well taken. Everybody's well taking care

624
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<v Speaker 3>of that.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, I think we lost her that all right? Thank you, Sandy, appreciated.

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<v Speaker 2>Here comes to ten o'clock news, will be back. I'd

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<v Speaker 2>like to stick with this for at least a little while.

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<v Speaker 2>If you're on the line, stay there, we'll get you

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