Post by Logan on Jun 13, 2016 1:48:30 GMT -6
An article in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette this morning provides a useful reminder of the ongoing state starvation of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.
The state's miserliness with UAMS is old news. Here, for example. But I don't think citizens can be reminded enough of the shame of being outdone — badly — by Mississippi when it comes to supporting the state's major medical teaching institution. Deficits continue; maintenance is being deferred. After matching money for Medicaid and the like, UAMS gets $21 million in state support. The University of Mississippi's medical facility got $185 million against UAMS' overall about $100 million, most going to matching.
Without federal Obamacare money, UAMS would have been facing massive layoffs.
Without federal Obamacare money, the state as a whole would be facing massive service reductions. As it is, the last income tax was paid for with Obamacare dollars.
Read more: www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2016/06/12/arkansas-is-starving-uams-and-the-rest-of-state-government-too
The state's miserliness with UAMS is old news. Here, for example. But I don't think citizens can be reminded enough of the shame of being outdone — badly — by Mississippi when it comes to supporting the state's major medical teaching institution. Deficits continue; maintenance is being deferred. After matching money for Medicaid and the like, UAMS gets $21 million in state support. The University of Mississippi's medical facility got $185 million against UAMS' overall about $100 million, most going to matching.
Without federal Obamacare money, UAMS would have been facing massive layoffs.
Without federal Obamacare money, the state as a whole would be facing massive service reductions. As it is, the last income tax was paid for with Obamacare dollars.
Read more: www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2016/06/12/arkansas-is-starving-uams-and-the-rest-of-state-government-too