wndrlust86 t1_iyst97m wrote on December 3, 2022 at 9:57 PM

Reply to comment by felldestroyed in University of Pennsylvania student attacked in Center City; female suspect sought by JBizznass

Philly doesn’t have plenty of psych beds either! There’s always a shortage of beds and sometimes people have to wait to get one. Not only that some inpatient psych facilities have overworked and are low on staff. So adding more beds needs to come with better pay and increase in staff.

felldestroyed t1_iysvgpt wrote on December 3, 2022 at 10:14 PM

Well, in this scenario, the city would fund more long term solutions (ICF/ID, group homes, and for short term, a couple wings at a hospital. The problem is: aside from out patient care, of which is actually swimming in money from grants currently but also of course has staffing issues, funding long and short term solutions is off the table, because medicaid doesn't pay anything in PA, so it's simply not profitable and will lead to really bad quality homes/facilities.
So yeah, I don't really care what a mayor proposes. It's going to be lip service until state and federal officials get a long term plan and no one wants higher taxes.