State call center deal revived after last-minute negotiations Comments on Stories, posted by Editor, Danville Weekly Online, on Mar 18, 2013 at 12:13 pm
The county brokered an agreement late Wednesday with leaders from the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 512, overcoming a stalemate that had jeopardized the county's chances of hosting the call center and the 205 jobs that come with it.
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Posted by louise, a resident of the Danville neighborhood, on Mar 18, 2013 at 3:25 pm
PSMacintosh: And you'd rather be "slaves" to corporations? Worse yet, do you want YOUR health care options regulated by "for Profit" entities such as drug companies? I am neither Democrat nor Republican, I'm a commonsense baby boomer who despite working/saving all my life find myself unable to afford health care in retirement. There is a an eye opening program: “Escape Fire: Saving the American Health Care System” or read this article: Web Link
Our healthcare is in shambles. How can you not agree? This crisis is NOT a political issue, it’s a human one. I wish people would start recognizing it as a problem that needs to be solved, instead of continuing the blame game rhetoric that our political party leaders want us to get caught up in…. Yeah, I know, our partisan politicians have served us “well”. I’d love to end with an LOL, but it’s not a laughing matter.
Posted by Dave, a resident of the Danville neighborhood, on Mar 20, 2013 at 8:39 pm
My experience with private insurers has been that, when seeking to get health care claims paid, or an error corrected, I've had to navigate Kafka-esq labyrinths that go on for two years or more, with no one person able to solve the problem. I doubt that a government-run call center could be any worse.