[SustainableTompkins] The Political Economy of Relocalization

[Tony Del Plato]

Bethany,
Thanks for the update and the obvious growing pains the IHA had to go thru.
But well worth it.
best
Tony

On 8/27/07, Bethany Schroeder <nidus at pinax.com> wrote:
>
> The Ithaca Health Fund problems that occurred almost 3 years ago may not
> be the best example of a large body walloping a small one. Whereas the
> NYS insurance department (NYSID) did come down hard on the
> program, to be fair, lowering the boom was the only choice
> NYSID had, given NYS regulations. The Ithaca Health Fund made some
> well-meaning but naive decisions, which have now been redressed.
>
> The amount of trouble the NYSID fight cost the members and volunteers of
> the Fund is regrettable, but getting through the struggle helped to map
> the organization's direction, now fully articulated in the body of the
> Ithaca Health Alliance (IHA). The corrective plan of action, as it's
> called in health care, also helped to attract some local talent that has
> since gone on to open and run the Free Clinic, develop community
> outreach in the form of a newsletter and other educational products,
> create new cooperation between the schools and conventional and
> complementary health providers, employ three staff, and manage the whole
> enterprise with a relatively small pool of volunteers. In short, the
> services the IHA now offers are better than ever and, I am happy to say,
>   are sustainable.
>
> Not bad for a little local group.
>
> Bethany
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> Margaret McCasland wrote:
>
> > I also agree with Karl that aspects of local self-reliance that have
> > been sufficiently "successful" have been severely dealt with by "the
> > powers that be." Two examples I know of off the top of my head are a
> > local/regional currency in Argentina (the "truc"), and the original
> > form of the Ithaca Health Fund (which the NYS insurance regulators
> > came down on hard).
> >
> > I look forward to hearing from more people.    Margaret
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