{"id":6210,"date":"2012-06-28T18:35:50","date_gmt":"2012-06-28T22:35:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/?p=6210"},"modified":"2012-06-29T09:49:09","modified_gmt":"2012-06-29T13:49:09","slug":"top-adirondack-health-provider-gives-cautious-praise-for-obamacare-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/2012\/06\/28\/top-adirondack-health-provider-gives-cautious-praise-for-obamacare-decision\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Adirondack health provider gives cautious praise for Obamacare decision"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>This statement was released Thursday by Adirondack Health CEO Chandler Ralph, whose hospitals, clinics and nursing homes provide healthcare to much of the Adirondack North Country:<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Cambria;\">\u201cToday\u2019s ruling from the Supreme Court affirms the extension of health insurance coverage to 32 million Americans, some of whom have been previously denied coverage due to pre-existing conditions.\u00a0 Coverage for all is something Adirondack Health has long advocated for, and no one should be denied care for any reason.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Cambria;\">\u201cThe decision also means we must continue to reduce costs and improve patient care though innovation and greater use of technology.\u00a0 Adirondack Health is an early adopter in this area, and as our high quality measures and positive outcomes show, we are meeting these challenges with success.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Cambria;\">\u201cReform does come with a cost, but cuts to Medicaid and Medicare cannot be so deep that they undo the progress we have made to become a more efficient, higher quality health care system.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Cambria;\">\u201cRegardless of where the debate goes from here, Adirondack Health will continue to provide sophisticated, quality care to the residents and visitors of the Tri-Lakes region.\u00a0\u00a0 We must continue our work of strengthening the network of physicians and providers in the region, which remains a critical component of the health care delivery system.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Cambria;\">\u201cAdirondack Health will continue to partner with elected officials and leaders by advocating for those Americans who will still be without health insurance coverage. \u00a0The challenge going forward will be to achieve universal coverage so that no American is denied affordable, quality health care.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This statement was released Thursday by Adirondack Health CEO Chandler Ralph, whose hospitals, clinics and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[6129,4803,881,6874],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6210"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6210"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6210\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6211,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6210\/revisions\/6211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}