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CS 134: Homeless Epidemic in LA (11/26/2018) (Patreon)

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2018-12-01 05:39:41
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2024-11

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Today is a D. Mills solo episode discussing homeless epidemic in LA.

Patient Dumping: The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights chose to focus on Enforcement of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act for its annual 2014 Statutory Enforcement Report. This report examined compliance with the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA), a federal law that requires Medicare-participating hospitals to treat emergency medical conditions of any person regardless of capacity to pay, and makes unlawful the discharge of patients prior to stabilizing any medical condition. The purpose of EMTALA is to prevent hospitals, states and/or localities from prematurely discharging indigent people in need of emergency care and transporting them to other entities, a practice colloquially called “patient dumping.” Specifically, the Commission’s report focused on disabled individuals with a psychiatric medical condition. The examination resulted in five observations: 

• Hospitals are not keeping adequate data on such patients 

• There is insufficient regulatory oversight 

• There should be non-punitive methods of obtaining accurate treatment reports on patients 

• Hospitals do not have sufficient funds to comply with EMTALA in treatment of patients 

• Hospitals and their staffs need more training and education in this area

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Ruthie

Here in Portland, the official figure on the houseless population is 3000-4000, but I think there are at least 10000 or more, an entire "city within a city". I see young people parked at camps who look like they should be hanging out at the mall. Homeless folks come into my work and tell me about getting harrassed and patrolled by cops and civilians alike, about walking around all night smoking meth because it's too cold to sleep. There is a huge correlation between the amount of people living outside and the amount of rent we pay.

Oldest Matt

This was a great, important, honest, just fuckin real episode, D. Really made me think about the shit we just step over every day, and the level of that shit just keeps rising—it’s gonna choke us if we don’t do something. And thanks for the mention of Nipsey Hustle. I’m an old white guy who loves old school hip hop (big L is top of my list). I’d heard of Nipsey, but never listened before, haven’t listened to much current stuff because most of it is way too commercial. But hearing on your podcast that he’s talking about real shit, made me check him out. He’s great. This is just another reason I support this podcast: if you wanna know what’s going on in the ocean, you gotta listen to the Sharks!