UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas keeps list of VIPs who get special treatment

by PegNews wire

DALLAS — UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas keeps a list of VIPs who get special treatment, and what are you going to do about it?

The Dallas Morning News got a copy of the list of 6,400 rich bigwigs, from Ron Kirk to Ross Perot. Benefits might be a personal greeting, an escort, or free parking. UT Southwestern's response, issued as a statement on Thursday, was basically, Yes and what's your point. ("We are not ashamed of having this program. If you have people who are important to your business, you're going to treat them well when they walk through the door.") A quote from a Health Industry Council person said that preferential treatment in healthcare "is no different than you would get in sports or banking or anything else".

Uh, maybe, except that sports and banking aren't involved in life-saving procedures. Meanwhile, what kind of preferential treatment does the banking industry extend to VIPs?

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Rick Yost, says:

The term is 'medical industry'. It's a biz.

Every business from the corner donut shop to the bank has it's favs. And every business has customers that get a little bit more...attention.

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Q: Meanwhile, what kind of preferential treatment does the banking industry extend to VIPs?

A: You'll find out if you ask your local Bank of America representative about "Premier Banking."

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foreverhonesty2000, says:

This is a state funded facility and I bet that more will come out of this it is not right to have a list with personell infor. I would be okay if it was just names but it is alot more and using state money at that, I worked there and know how they really treat these people and how much state money the spend to wine & dine them all to get them to donate money, the care is different they have residents train of the poor at parkland, VA my doc was always traveling and never there and he was a top teaching doc.

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foreverhonesty2000, says:

FYI-

Dr. Kenneth Shine, executive vice chancellor for health affairs of the UT System, will host a town hall meeting for the UT Southwestern community on Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2008, at noon in the Tom and Lula Gooch Auditorium on the South Campus. Dr. Shine plans to outline how the search for a new UT Southwestern president will be conducted and will answer any questions from the audience. Everyone is welcome to attend.

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