Lilly’s Ricks says state needs to emphasize quality of life, health care

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  1. Quality of life improvements and green-energy policies? Fresh out of those, I’m afraid. Best we can do is data centers and a giant gas station. Hope that helps!

  2. This is what economists and professors have been saying for years. Unfortunately, the Legislature thinks it’s all about money and continues to slash taxes that forces a reduction in state and local services – public safety, parks, schools, universities, health care, etc. So we get more warehouses and low-wage jobs because the people that can live elsewhere, choose to do so.

    1. Preach, King. The race to the bottom is not only evident in the priorities of our elected leaders, it’s clearly filtered down into the ambitions of some locals for their own communities.

    2. Exactly this. We’ll never improve quality of life because we’re constantly showing Hoosiers they aren’t worth it.

  3. So Mr Ricks is an expert on health systems short comings. All need to review Kaiser Foundation report on overall employer healthcare expense for past 10 years or more. Below national averages. Employees share of cost is higher as Elevance and brokers pushed high deductible plans to employer market many years back. We are a national leader on that track. And with caps on commercial reimbursement for major health systems you can count on access to care continuing to decline. I’ll refrain from commenting on drug company shortcomings. Or PBM’s! Or the payors!1

    1. Big fan of my high deductible plan, personally. Triple tax advantaged contributions to my HSA, an employer match, funds are mine until I need them and if I don’t, I can move them into an IRA one day. PBM’s are a definite challenge, though. Mark Cuban is doing great work on exposing them

  4. Maybe im clueless to the subject but I wasn’t aware that Hoosiers didnt have access to quality health care. Every time I’ve been to the hospital or local clinic here in Indiana I was satisfied with the overall experience. I was in Austin Texas for a procedure with my 3yr old son and I couldn’t tell any difference there than I could at Riley’s Children hospital in Indy. So im not understanding what’s the argument with health care access here compared to anywhere else. Can someone explain in detail?

    1. There seems to be a shortage of primary care providers, especially physicians. Finding an MD who is taking new patients is a challenge, even nurse practitioners and physician’s assistants are booked out months in advance.

  5. This point seems to be getting lost in the mix.

    “Ricks said about 8,500 workers are building Lilly’s facilities in Lebanon. However, finding local building tradespeople has been a challenge for the company. He said the state will need to attract more people into the building trades if the state “wants to embrace the ambition of being the No. 1 growth state in the country.”

    “There’s only 17,000 certified in the state, so we do not have enough building tradespeople to build the future we just talked about,” he said. “We have people in trailers who drive from Iowa and Missouri to come work on our site, and they live there six months and they go home. That’s not a sustainable model, and those are great jobs. Those people make $250,000 a year. This is real work.”

    Parents need to take note and consider the trades for their graduating high schoolers.

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