@SoapWatch said:

Did Liesl change her vote the 2nd time around knowing she was beaten once Finn gave the money?

Or from hoping she wouldn't get the axe once the hospital is saved?

I don't know but Finn single-handedly saving the hospital is ridiculous. If all the hospital needed was a big donation, the Quartermaines or Sonny could have done that. The Q's didn't need to try to buy the hospital.

Yep, it seemed like she gave up and raised her hand when she realized she was outnumbered. But the question is why did she vote against the hospital in the first place? Wouldn't she be out of a job? Was Liv going to give her a job at the condos?

@Youcanmakeabettermovie said:

But the question is why did she vote against the hospital in the first place?

This is a simple question, she explained it herself when she cast the vote, she did it out of spite towards the Quartermaines who ousted her as a chief of staff, she even flat out said directly to Tracy that her vote was 'payback.'

Olbrecht is a qualified doctor with a long resume, she doesn't have to worry about being unemployed for long.

@KLH0128 said:

I don't know but Finn single-handedly saving the hospital is ridiculous. If all the hospital needed was a big donation, the Quartermaines or Sonny could have done that. The Q's didn't need to try to buy the hospital.

I assumed that Finn's donation was on top of the Quartermaine's buy-in, not instead of. I don't think they had enough liquid assets to raise their offer further, but his massive check pushed them over the top. Finn annoys me but if anyone had to play white knight then I'm glad it was him and not that P.O.S. Sonny.

@Dedoc1967 said:

@KLH0128 said:

I don't know but Finn single-handedly saving the hospital is ridiculous. If all the hospital needed was a big donation, the Quartermaines or Sonny could have done that. The Q's didn't need to try to buy the hospital.

I assumed that Finn's donation was on top of the Quartermaine's buy-in, not instead of. I don't think they had enough liquid assets to raise their offer further, but his massive check pushed them over the top. Finn annoys me but if anyone had to play white knight then I'm glad it was him and not that P.O.S. Sonny.

You know, that wasn't at all clear. They repeatedly stated that the offers were equal, and the real question was whether or not they wanted the hospital to stay open. If the question had only been one of not offering enough money, the Quartermaines could have surely raised more capital.

Olbrecht said that the reason for her vote was that she objected to the idea of private ownership because a privately owned hospital would have the right to refuse to treat patients who didn't have insurance.

A claim which, by the way, is completely false. By federal law, any hospital that accepts Medicare or Medicaid is required to treat patients who don't have insurance. Most hospitals in the country are privately owned, usually by church or synagogues and these hospitals do not have the legal right to turn away patients who don't have insurance. Being privately has nothing to do with it, a hospital has the legal right to reject patients who don't have insurance only if they don't accept Medicaid.

@autoexec.batman said:

@Dedoc1967 said:

@KLH0128 said:

I don't know but Finn single-handedly saving the hospital is ridiculous. If all the hospital needed was a big donation, the Quartermaines or Sonny could have done that. The Q's didn't need to try to buy the hospital.

I assumed that Finn's donation was on top of the Quartermaine's buy-in, not instead of. I don't think they had enough liquid assets to raise their offer further, but his massive check pushed them over the top. Finn annoys me but if anyone had to play white knight then I'm glad it was him and not that P.O.S. Sonny.

You know, that wasn't at all clear. They repeatedly stated that the offers were equal, and the real question was whether or not they wanted the hospital to stay open. If the question had only been one of not offering enough money, the Quartermaines could have surely raised more capital.

Olbrecht said that the reason for her vote was that she objected to the idea of private ownership because a privately owned hospital would have the right to refuse to treat patients who didn't have insurance.

A claim which, by the way, is completely false. By federal law, any hospital that accepts Medicare or Medicaid is required to treat patients who don't have insurance. Most hospitals in the country are privately owned, usually by church or synagogues and these hospitals do not have the legal right to turn away patients who don't have insurance. Being privately has nothing to do with it, a hospital has the legal right to reject patients who don't have insurance only if they don't accept Medicaid.

Why do you assume the head writers of a show called General Hospital would know anything about how hospitals operate?

Well....I am aware of that little factoid.....so I guess I assume that most educated people do. But then again, I also know quite a lot about things like cellular triangulation, which I think is a fairly obscure topic so...maybe I should stop making that assumption.

Now, if Olbrecht had said that she was worried about the hospital being turned into a for-profit hospital because for-profit hospitals tend to turn away 'hard cases' that made hurt the bottom line, she would have had a much stronger point

I missed that explanation of hers, I thought she voted out of spite. I'm glad she had a better reason then just spite.

There are a number of people who don't have any insurance at all, either commercial insurance or public assistance. They are the working class poor who aren't poor enough to qualify for government assistance, but don't have insurance through their work and can't afford to purchase it, which even for a single young person is a few hundred dollars a month. While a hospital won't turn them away, they might not do much for them either in terms of medical tests or hospitalizing them. Especially the " frequent flyers," usually the homeless and drug-addicted who go to the emergency rooms when the weather is bad. But dr. Olbrecht does have a point about how hospitals that are focused on profit will pick and choose how well they care for the uninsured.

She didn't say, 'profit', that is what I said she should have said. She said 'privately owned' which is asinine, most hospitals are privately owned.

@Dedoc1967 said:

I assumed that Finn's donation was on top of the Quartermaine's buy-in, not instead of. I don't think they had enough liquid assets to raise their offer further, but his massive check pushed them over the top.

I need to watch that scene again. But I'm pretty sure Finn was donating his pharmaceutical check and the Q's were still putting the same money in, only now towards a DONATION not a purchase.

I think Finn got such a massive amount from the pharmaceutical company that the real estate developer's (Olivia Jerome's) offer was dwarfed and gave Tracy the freedom to simply donate instead of buy, which is much less risky and burdensome to the Q's

@TensionsSoap said:

@Dedoc1967 said:

I assumed that Finn's donation was on top of the Quartermaine's buy-in, not instead of. I don't think they had enough liquid assets to raise their offer further, but his massive check pushed them over the top.

I need to watch that scene again. But I'm pretty sure Finn was donating his pharmaceutical check and the Q's were still putting the same money in, only now towards a DONATION not a purchase.

I think Finn got such a massive amount from the pharmaceutical company that the real estate developer's (Olivia Jerome's) offer was dwarfed and gave Tracy the freedom to simply donate instead of buy, which is much less risky and burdensome to the Q's

You're probably right. That whole board meeting was so convoluted I lost interest.

@KLH0128 said:

@TensionsSoap said:

@Dedoc1967 said:

I assumed that Finn's donation was on top of the Quartermaine's buy-in, not instead of. I don't think they had enough liquid assets to raise their offer further, but his massive check pushed them over the top.

I need to watch that scene again. But I'm pretty sure Finn was donating his pharmaceutical check and the Q's were still putting the same money in, only now towards a DONATION not a purchase.

I think Finn got such a massive amount from the pharmaceutical company that the real estate developer's (Olivia Jerome's) offer was dwarfed and gave Tracy the freedom to simply donate instead of buy, which is much less risky and burdensome to the Q's

You're probably right. That whole board meeting was so convoluted I lost interest.

I gave up when Tracy rolled the dice and yelled "sorry" into Liesl's face.

When Tracy was celebrating with the sulking Hayden and Finn I was waiting to see if she would confirm that the Q's own GH but she didn't. So I'm assuming the Q's made a donation not a purchase.

I just want to know if Ned sold L&B, and did Dillon donate his trust fund. If so you'd think Ned and Dillon would each get a seat on the Board

@TensionsSoap said: If so you'd think Ned and Dillon would each get a seat on the Board

Then we would be guaranteed to see them once every five years.