Grassley investigates hospital with ties to Obamas

Are we to believe that this is not politically motivated? Yet another attempt to stir the pot and attach the Obama family to an issue full of inuendo, but little substance.

Anyone who has sat in an ER for 4 hours (National average) knows that some things are better treated in a shorter period of time, and by the way more cost effectively, in an Urgent Care Center or Primary Care Office. Politics pure and simple....the guy did not do his homework 1st.

Okay, so let me understand this clearly. Republican Senator Chuck Grassley (during an election year) questions the University of Chicago Medical Center's policy of moving non-urgent cases away from a busy ER to a non-ER setting...and their reasons for doing this are not to overwhelm their ER, but to improve those patient's care? How ignorant is that? I would say to Senator Grassley, it's not about profit...it's about PATIENT CARE. This is clearly a win-win. The patient's who need to be seen urgently, hense they are in the ER in the first place, are seen and cared for quickly, and those patients with less urgent problems are triaged out. I commend the hospital for having a very forward-thinking, patient-centered policy for ER visits.

No wonder I could not get a response from Grassley several years ago concerning a "real" Medicare fraud I had encountered with a local hosptial. If I had known someone running for an office, perhaps he would have paid attention! Typical "current" Republican tactics with this "investigation" to distract from what the Republicans are doing.