Freeman Health officials have backed out of plans to build a hospital in Frontenac, according to an announcement by Frontenac Mayor Steve Morrison on a city Facebook page.
The decision was made by Freeman officials, who made a big deal of announcing the project and holding a groundbreaking for the proposed facility, but apparently did not do a feasibility study until after the hoopla was done (and until after a new CEO was in place).
Mayor Morrison's announcement is printed below:
Response to Freeman Health System plans to not move forward with Freeman Southeast Kansas Hospital in Frontenac, KS.Earlier today, I received a call from Freeman Health System CEO Matt Fry informing me of their decision not to move forward with the Freeman Southeast Kansas Hospital project. This decision was based on a feasibility study initiated by Freeman and made solely by their team.
While we’re disappointed, I want to be clear: this was **not** a reflection of Frontenac’s infrastructure, readiness, or performance as a working partner. From day one, our city worked closely with Freeman and their contractors, providing full support and cooperation throughout.
Should Freeman—or any organization—choose to expand into Southeast Kansas in the future, **Frontenac is here**. We welcome all suitors looking for a great place to call home.
For further questions, please contact Freeman Health System directly.
—Mayor Steve Morrison
11 comments:
Does it have anything to do with Donald Trump's Big Beautiful Bill?
Does anyone have a link to the press release?
I can't find it on the Freeman website or anywhere else.
According to soem press reports the Freeman News Release specifically mentioned the Republican's Big Beautiful Bill.
No, but it has everything to do with Paula Baker not knowing how to conduct a feasibility study BEFORE they broke ground. Paula is from Pittsburg and this was going to be her “legacy” after leaving. New CEO was like- “Nope not on my watch because this makes zero sense”.
Very likely that we will see more of this as the next year unfolds. BBB was cited just to throw us off the real story and likely was her idea to blame it on that once they figured out her lack of knowledge to build out there.
https://www.koamnewsnow.com/news/health/freeman-backs-out-on-hospital-near-frontenac-after-study/article_d7b6ad2d-1fd0-4bde-affa-a90097c9ddec.html
Freeman could have saved a lot of money by just buying the former CEO some more vanity billboards instead of a vanity hospital.
Any chance it has anything to do with not being able to operate a mammography department, yet alone a completely new inadequate, understaffed hospital that some jackass gets to put his name on because they think they are important.
If you have your name on a building it’s not there because you earned it, it’s there because you funded it to prove your arrogance… what a miserable life they must have to always need to scream the loudest look at me look at me.
Freeman, did an unfeasibility study - building things that make - "NO SENSE", Remember - Hospitals are - "FOR PROFIT", when the Government Stops allowing them to Charge - $15.00 Dollars for an Aspirin instead of $.10 (10-cents), when Patients are on Medicare and Medicaid - this eats into their Vanity Billboard Costs - and causes them to run their Hospitals leaner like most Businesses have to -
500 I wonder how much money Paula Baker made in bonuses during the "pandemic" before retiring...
There are a number of good reasons why a hospital charges more for an aspirin than what you might be able to buy an aspirin for in a store.
You can buy 3 eggs in a grocery store for about $.60 at today's prices. Do you expect to get a 3 egg breakfast in a restaurant for $.60? Of course not. That's because they have costs, and need to make a profit.
You can buy 5 quarts of oil and an oil filter for $25.00. Can you go to the dealership and get an oil change for $25.00? Of course not.
You can go to Menards and buy a really cheap toilet for $100.00. Can you call a plumber and have them deliver a toilet and install it at your house for the same money? 🤡🤡🤡
652 Big time Fail. lol
For one thing, in all of those examples the businesses tend to receive their goods for cheaper than what the general public can receive and then add labor and other costs on top to cover their bills and ideally make a profit.
An oil change tends to show the actual itemized list of what they're charging for and you can see that they charge X amount for oil, which is typically a normal cost for the amount of oil that a consumer would pay if they bought it themselves at a store, and add X amount for labor.
If a restaurant did that you will see that they charge X amount for the food, which would be close to the amount that the general public would pay, plus X amount for labor to cook the food.
Hospital bills tend to be fairly itemized as well showing the cost for the item used, such as Aspirin or a bed pan or a titanium rod, and the cost for their labor to provide whatever service was needed. But unlike the examples you gave, in this case instead of the cost for the item being typical of what the general public would see when going to a store, the cost tends to be comically higher. So not only do they charge an astronomical amount for their labor, but they also pack in extra high profits into items that they more than likely pay less for than the average consumer at a box store.
So, try again.
724, you clearly do not know how healthcare works on many levels. The restaurant analogy works. But ALSO, on top of that, healthcare is so jacked up that hospital can buy aspirin for $0.15, charge $1.50 for it, and insurance can basically say, “we will pay you $0.30.”
Too many people talking without knowledge and having ability to spread it as truth on the internet is actually doing serious harm everywhere. If you don’t know, just shut up. Look up Dunning-Kruger.
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