The JC Hospital cost $130 million to build.  It houses 81 patients at a cost of $425,000/patient per year.  There are over 400 employees, giving a ratio of over 5 employees per patient.  The yearly operating budget is $34.5 million dollars per year.  

I know saying "I told you so" is considered gauche, but those of us who opposed the construction of the Hospital told you that what has happened and is happening is exactly what would happen if the Hospital was built.  The legislature ignored all the warnings and built it.  

Now the "strongest" argument supporting its continued operation is that there are over 400 employees who would lose their jobs with a closure.  Building it was a terrible, wasteful decision. Now those same supporters who pushed it through the legislature, will work to push to keep it open and keep spending that $425,000 per patient.  Gee, I can't imagine why taxpayers accuse public officials of wasting taxpayer dollars.......(cont.)