CB> Gee, Matt, private hospitals routinely refuse to treat people with no 
CB> or 
CB> inadequate insurance or have them transferred to a public health 
CB> facility. 
    We don't have any "public" hospitals here, nor in most places (including 
big cities) that I've lived in...not in the sense of any hospital owned and 
operated by a governmental agency other than VA.
    Poor people get care one of two ways: vouchers (called Medicaid), or just 
defaulting on bills.  And believe me, hospitals do give a lot of unplanned 
charity care to deadbeats!
CB> Would not the same happen to children whose parents have no 
CB> resources?
    We've got a mix of for-profit and non-profit hospitals, and there seems 
no great demand here for a N.Y.C.-style government-owned hospital.  And the 
fact that few localities in this country are within 50 miles of a city-owned 
hospital hasn't created Calcutta.
    Tell me why it wouldn't work the same for K-12.
CB> If education is an industry now, can we use Deming's management? 
    Only if it works./
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