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Jan Winters
Carol A. Roberts, Chair
`Carol J. hlmquist, Vice Chairman Department of Public Affair
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Mr. Thomas Bradford �: /� ,� r�'.
Village of Tequesta
P.O. Box 3273
Tequesta, FL 33469
Dear Mr. Bradford:
Florida State Representative Jim Hill will be the speaker on
the Countywide Health Care Taxing District on Thursday,
October 13 , 1988 , 9 : 00 a.m. at your Village Council Meeting.
I have enclosed information regarding the Health Care Taxing
District including the Health Care District Fact Book and
the Proposed Health Care District booklets .
The Health Care Fact Book includes detailed information on
the Health Care Act, maps, questions and answers and news
clippings . It can perhaps be used as a reference tool for
your municipality.
The copies of the Proposed Health Care District booklet are
enclosed for your Council ' s agenda back-up kit. This will
give your Council members an opportunity to have prepared
questions for the health care speaker.
I hope you find this health care information helpful . If
you have any questions regarding the Health Care District,
the speaker, or any of the documents , please feel free to
contact me at 820-2754.
Sincerely, •
cetketii,u9__
Gloria J. Collins
Municipal Coordinator
"An Equal Opportunity - Affirmative Action Employer"
BOX 1989 WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA 33402-1989
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Proposed
Health
Care District
An Overview
. Palm Beach County Referendum
November 8, 1988
Prepared by:
• The Palm Beach County
Department of Public Affairs
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Health Care Overview -3
Introduction
We all take our health for Fact can be more frightening than
granted...and we all expect to have fiction. In Palm Beach County today,
quality health care when we need it. accident victims may spend hours.
Palm Beach County has an emer- riding around in an ambulance trying
gency communications system and to find a hospital that's staffed to take
award-winning fire/rescue units, care of them. Sometimes that hospital
Palm Beach County has 15 hospitals is only found in Miami, Ft. Lauder-
located throughout the County Palm dale or Tampa—miles and crucial
Beach County has caring doctors. hours away.
Unfortunately, there are some , We just have to read the papers or
things missing in Palm Beach County, look around us to see why Palm
some things we may not think about Beach County needs one Countywide
until it's too late. Health Care District:
What we don't have is a trauma Babies are born prematurely or
network with trauma teams ready 24 with medical problems, because their
hours a day, seven days a week. mothers haven't seen a doctor or
What we don't have are trauma nurse during their pregnancy.
trained neurosurgeons and other Someone's grandmother is sitting
specialists on duty around-the-clock in a wheel chair, needing a helping
able to take care of whatever happens, hand to take a bath.
whenever it happens, to you . . . your A father of four youngsters is laid
child, or someone else you love. off, can't make the medical insurance
What we need is a comprehensive payment and his wife gets into a
health care system to make sure that serious accident.
we do have a trauma network, to These things do happen, some-
ensure the availability of our hospi- times in our own backyard.
tals' emergency rooms, and to assure Is there something we can do
adequate care for our elderly and about this? Yes! We can act to ensure
needy—managed in the most cost- that Palm Beach County has a quality
efficient way. health care system. We can vote
"Yes" for a Countywide Health Care
District on November 8.
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Health Care Overview - 5
trauma qualified surgeon,an emergency side to give you and your loved ones the
medical physician, trauma qualified nurses, best possible chance to survive and live a
an anesthesiologist and support techni- productive life.
cians—the professionals you need at your
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Health Care Overview-7
Health Care
Who is Medically Needy? Home Health Care
The medically needy could be anyone, Palm Beach County's senior citizens list
even you. More than half of the medically health care as one of their most important
needy are children. About one-fifth of them concerns. It's no wonder.
are elderly who have exhausted their life- Most senior residents have worked all
long savings. The rest are working people their lives and saved to retire in South
who,because of family needs,cannot afford Florida. Between Social Security,retirement
medical costs. They are single mothers with benefits and their savings,they thought they
pre-school children and no income. They had it made.They didn't count on inflation
are hardworking good citizens who have and a deflated dollar.
been struck by a catastrophe—an illness in Many grandparents are finding it diffi-
the family that has destroyed them , cult to make ends meet. They see their
fmancially...something that could easily' money shrinking just as their medical needs
happen to any of us. are expanding.
If you've reached the limits of your One-third of the County's population is
insurance coverage and exhausted your in the 60 or over age group. Of our more
personal resources,you've chosen the g
than 250,000 senior citizens, there are about
wrong state in which to live. Only two 20,000 who have incomes below the national
states rank below Florida in taking care of poverty'level.
the medically needy—Oklahoma and Arkan- It only takes about six months of hospital
sue' or nursing home care to wipe out the aver-
But Palm Beach County traditionally has age senior citizen's savings... and they don't
extended a helping hand to its medically have the chance to start all over again;it's
needy. too late. They have to be added to the
The Countywide Health Care District growing numbers of elderly medically
will install the comprehensive management indigent.
we need to continue this care in the most Home health care for the elderly saves
cost-efficient way. everyone money,both the senior citizens
and the funding agencies. The longer the
elderly can stay in their homes, the longer
their money lasts and the longer they can
stay off government welfare programs.
What's more,rational studies show that
patients actually recover faster at home.
The Palm Beach County Health Care
District will help expand home health serv-
ices and programs for those who need them,
primarily the elderly. It will give our senior
citizens what they need most—a helping
hand at home.