Long Island community leaders are demanding an overhaul and oversight to save Nassau University Medical Center, which is in danger of running out of money, CBSNews.com reported. The safety-net hospital is in imminent fiscal danger of insolvency. It serves the uninsured, underinsured or those on Medicaid. Critics claim cronyism caused the fiscal mismanagement. It's time that we have County Executive Blakeman call for the termination of Matthew Bruderman," said Nassau County Legislator Siela Bynoe (D). Two years ago, Bruderman was appointed NU Health chair and pledged to turn the medical center around in six months. The hospital is now weeks away from running out of money to pay its staff. "The county will be on the hook and therefore the taxpayers will be on the hook for the debt that is looming," said County Legislator Debra Mulé (D). The state health commissioner sent a terse letter saying funding is available with strings attached: oversight, transparency and accountability.
