[SteveM85]

Originally Posted by MrGompers

Still doesn't justify the high taxes in CT. When will the Democrats ever learn?


I can get a triple heart by pass in South Carolina for 60% of the cost at Yale. Plus my property taxes will be cut in half.

Have you considered a healthier diet and regular exercise? It may help reduce future costs

[GeoffD]

Originally Posted by JayCT

Yale scores a 51.7/100 on the US News rankings. The best hospital for cardiology in South Carolina scores 41.8 (MUSC Health-University Medical Center in Charleston). That’s a significant difference. I am not sure what hospital you are looking at but I doubt it has the same quality of care or survival rates as Yale which is why it scores so high. It’s your choice if you want to take a chance.

The other thing to note that we are pretty close to several other highly rated hospitals for cardiac care. The No. 4, 5 and 6 (New York Presbyterian, Mass General and Mount Sinai) are not far so you also could go there.

I would also like to point out to you that the cost of medical care at private hospitals is not controlled by the state or by the Democrats. It is very complex and off topic to go into here. Jay

The top hospitals are generally teaching hospitals for the top medical schools. Yale will perpetually be somewhere in the top-20 medical schools. You'd expect a top-20 hospital. Excluding Texas, once you get beyond Duke and Vanderbilt, there aren't any top medical schools in the south.

[JGBigGreen]

If you are going solely by the top-20 research rankings,Duke and Vanderbilt may be it in the south but Emory, UNC and UVA have highly regarded medical schools. (If I’m looking for a primary care doctor, I’ll take a UNC grad over a Yale grad every time.) It would be foolish for any school to rest on its past accomplishments and assume they’ll always be top-20. Just 6 years ago, Yale was #7 and now it’s tied for #13.

Originally Posted by GeoffD

The top hospitals are generally teaching hospitals for the top medical schools. Yale will perpetually be somewhere in the top-20 medical schools. You'd expect a top-20 hospital. Excluding Texas, once you get beyond Duke and Vanderbilt, there aren't any top medical schools in the south.

[kidyankee764]

A lot of people here can bash FL with their anecdotal evidence, but I have had one of the worst experiences of malpractice at a CT hospital, almost costing a young family member his life. I, in no way, believe this to be indicative of overall healthcare in the state and recommend before people make their blanket statements based on specific incidents, to do some research. Each state has its positives and negatives regarding healthcare, especially when looking at specific conditions. What a hospital in Tampa or Philadelphia can offer for cardiac care or children, no hospital in CT can. What Yale can offer in the oncology department, perhaps a hospital in Dallas can’t. Healthcare requires very serious research and, often times, families will need to temporarily (or permanently) relocate to get the specific care they require.

[GeoffD]

Originally Posted by JGBigGreen

If you are going solely by the top-20 research rankings,Duke and Vanderbilt may be it in the south but Emory, UNC and UVA have highly regarded medical schools. (If I’m looking for a primary care doctor, I’ll take a UNC grad over a Yale grad every time.) It would be foolish for any school to rest on its past accomplishments and assume they’ll always be top-20. Just 6 years ago, Yale was #7 and now it’s tied for #13.

Your primary care physician was probably in the bottom third of their graduating class and is working the ten patient per hour for steeply discounted insurance money game. It's the quality of the specialists that matters. They're far more likely to be at the top of their game at a teaching hospital of a top medical school.


UVA is closer to DC than Richmond. It's 120 miles/2 hours drive to the White House on a Saturday. NOVA. It's a stretch to classify that as "south". UNC is minutes away from Duke. My sister lived in Chapel Hill when she got her PhD at the Duke med school. Her then-husband was at the UNC med school doing a tropical diseases PhD. In the vast area of the South, you have RDU, Nashville, and Atlanta with the level of medical expertise that is pretty much everywhere in the Northeast Corridor.

[JGBigGreen]

There is a reason UNC is ranked #1 for primary care. I guess being the top of the bottom third isn’t bad.

Charlottesville isn’t the south? Having spent a lot of time at UVA I’d strongly disagree as it has- IMHO- a strong southern culture and feel. I had no idea being closer to DC than Richmond determined if a location was in the south.

Originally Posted by GeoffD

Your primary care physician was probably in the bottom third of their graduating class and is working the ten patient per hour for steeply discounted insurance money game. It's the quality of the specialists that matters. They're far more likely to be at the top of their game at a teaching hospital of a top medical school.


UVA is closer to DC than Richmond. It's 120 miles/2 hours drive to the White House on a Saturday. NOVA. It's a stretch to classify that as "south". UNC is minutes away from Duke. My sister lived in Chapel Hill when she got her PhD at the Duke med school. Her then-husband was at the UNC med school doing a tropical diseases PhD. In the vast area of the South, you have RDU, Nashville, and Atlanta with the level of medical expertise that is pretty much everywhere in the Northeast Corridor.