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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 762461" data-attributes="member: 12952">Jackson Health System struggles to balance its budget&nbsp; A myriad of challenges faces the financially beleaguered&nbsp; Jackson Health System, whose governing board will vote on a plan to&nbsp; balance its budget.BY JOHN DORSCHNERAs Jackson’s governing board prepares to vote Monday on a proposed&nbsp; budget for 2011, its two money-losing nursing homes stand as a symbol&nbsp; for the challenges the system faces as it attempts to cut losses.Almost 100 of the 289 nursing home patients in the Jackson Health System are uninsured. Half of those are undocumented immigrants&nbsp; under age 50. Many are quadriplegic, on ventilators — hugely expensive&nbsp; patients who can cost up to three times as much as regular nursing home&nbsp; residents.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 762461, member: 12952"] [B]Jackson Health System struggles to balance its budget A myriad of challenges faces the financially beleaguered Jackson Health System, whose governing board will vote on a plan to balance its budget. BY JOHN DORSCHNER[/B] As Jackson’s governing board prepares to vote Monday on a proposed budget for 2011, its two money-losing nursing homes stand as a symbol for the challenges the system faces as it attempts to cut losses. Almost 100 of the 289 nursing home patients in the Jackson Health System are uninsured. [COLOR=maroon][B]Half of those are undocumented immigrants[/B][/COLOR] under age 50. Many are quadriplegic, on ventilators — hugely expensive patients who can cost up to three times as much as regular nursing home residents. [/QUOTE]

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