Comments on: Kaiser Permanente gives $5.2 million to UCLA School of Public Health http://www.thedailytell.com/2009/11/kaiser-permanente-gives-5-2-million-to-ucla-school-of-public-health/ Good news in trying times. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:00:59 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: JohnInCA http://www.thedailytell.com/2009/11/kaiser-permanente-gives-5-2-million-to-ucla-school-of-public-health/comment-page-1/#comment-1945 JohnInCA Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:36:24 +0000 http://www.thedailytell.com/2009/11/kaiser-permanente-gives-5-2-million-to-ucla-school-of-public-health/#comment-1945 Great... Kaiser is the same company that intentionally dumped many patients on LA's Skid Row (remember the video a few years ago, catching them red handed?). This is Kaiser, yet again, trying to buy more goodwill. Kaiser already made a $1.7B profit in the first 9 months of 2009... not bad for a "not-for-profit" 'eh? That said, Kaiser did donate a paltry $54M in the first 9 months of 2009, and that would be in addition to the unbelievably low 0.2% of their revenue that is dedicated to community benefit (per the IRS definition). I believe that Kaiser understands EXACTLY what causes disparities in health... as they have been complicit in it for the past 60+ years. Just take a look at what kind of care Kaiser provides in Oakland and Richmond vs. in the suburbs where their executives live and get their care. Another example is that Kaiser's corrupt CEO happened to be close to Mayo Clinic in Rochetster, MN when he needed emergency heart care. Last I checked, Rochester is 90 minutes from Minneapolis and in the middle of nowhere. Great job Kaiser... the care you provide is apparently nowhere near good enough for your precious leader. Great… Kaiser is the same company that intentionally dumped many patients on LA’s Skid Row (remember the video a few years ago, catching them red handed?). This is Kaiser, yet again, trying to buy more goodwill. Kaiser already made a $1.7B profit in the first 9 months of 2009… not bad for a “not-for-profit” ‘eh? That said, Kaiser did donate a paltry $54M in the first 9 months of 2009, and that would be in addition to the unbelievably low 0.2% of their revenue that is dedicated to community benefit (per the IRS definition).

I believe that Kaiser understands EXACTLY what causes disparities in health… as they have been complicit in it for the past 60+ years. Just take a look at what kind of care Kaiser provides in Oakland and Richmond vs. in the suburbs where their executives live and get their care. Another example is that Kaiser’s corrupt CEO happened to be close to Mayo Clinic in Rochetster, MN when he needed emergency heart care. Last I checked, Rochester is 90 minutes from Minneapolis and in the middle of nowhere. Great job Kaiser… the care you provide is apparently nowhere near good enough for your precious leader.

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