Seattle Children's Hospital

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wow see nacho um all right so moving on uh we also learned that so the second edition of uh the second charity bundle of monsters made by children is being released and uh what's this called volume two of misplaced monsters miniature menagerie of dd monsters it's on my miniature humans those are often called children oh that's clever um december 2nd it's coming out misplaced monsters volume 2 uh 100 of the sales price going to seattle children's hospital which that's good uh here's an example of one here's a creature over i don't know what that is uh but here's a drawing on the left to see if i can get that any bigger

about as big as i can make it pretty cute yeah this is a much more heartwarming story here the where they're having kids draw these monsters and make up a story about the monster, and then the D&D designers are riffing off of the kids' version and actually making a gameable version and creating real art that you could use in an RPG product.

Can you see what it says here inside these two giant... inside these red...

They can tell, like, something's not quite right.

It's still not... at the level of human writing and it's sort of vague and then overly specific you know in other parts so it's just like not saying things the way we say it and not quite saying enough so that makes me happy it's kind of like stock photos people prefer real photos we know that when I worked for Seattle Children's Hospital, you know, they were very careful to get real photos and not use stock photos because people look at them longer, they read the associated materials better.

So again, it's just being really thoughtful about how you put out communications.

But the ways we've been doing it as scientists in general is just way too slow.

One of these days I want to talk to Mr. Longhurst.

He is the president and CEO of Seattle Children's Hospital.

Now, why is that significant? Because an awful lot of people are very, very generous with Seattle Children's Hospital.

And Christopher Longhurst says that is going to stop to a large degree if the millionaire's tax or income tax is left in place.

Let me dig into the details of that because it is going to take some explanation.

Now, let me get back to this crazy income tax that the Democrats passed through the legislature and now are forcing the citizens of Washington state to revoke at the polls, which I believe is what voters are going to do.

And when I cast my ballot, I will be voting, yes, I will be voting in favor of getting rid of that income tax.

I had not thought of the idea put forward by Christopher Longhurst, the president and CEO of Seattle Children's Hospital.

Some nonprofits are saying in the media... and now in ads that the Yes on 645 campaign is running, this tax legislation could affect their ability to fundraise.

So I noticed this when the CEO of Seattle Children's Hospital said in a story that since the millionaire's tax only allows you to deduct... $100,000 a year in giving per household, that is deducted charitable donation, it could discourage the hospital's big donors.

He's also been bringing up the familiar idea that we talked about with the lonely millionaire thing.

Rich people will decide to leave rather than pay the tax, which whether or not enough people would actually leave to really impact Washington's economy is up for debate.

David, do you think...

This argument will resonate with voters?

Yeah, well, it's fascinating because it does feel a little bit like a pivot because I think, generally speaking, the population probably sympathizes a little more with Seattle Children's Hospital than they do with, I don't know, Jeff Bezos or Howard Schultz, for example.

Sure.

Casey Martin, KUOW News.

The CEO of Seattle Children's Hospital is warning that Washington state's new income tax on high earners could hurt the hospital's ability to raise money.

Christopher Longhurst published an op-ed in the Puget Sound Business Journal.

He argues that the provisions in the millionaire's tax will lead to less high-impact philanthropy.

Let me give you an example.

Um, I resuscitated a young boy, about eight years old, who had a massive cardiac failure, uh, in the lobby of Seattle Children's Hospital.

Dramatic resuscitation.

After we successfully, uh, brought him back to life, he opened his eyes and he goes, "That was weird.

Nevertheless, when I say near-death experiences are real, I mean that they occur when these children say that they're happening, which means at the point of death.

Let me give you an example.

I resuscitated a young boy about eight years old who had massive cardiac failure in the lobby of Seattle Children's Hospital.

Dramatic resuscitation.

It's, now it's, like you said, nation states.

And, and shout-out to Chris Longhurst, who's now the, the CEO of Seattle Children's, but he, he was a big proponent of the, "Hey, government, help us out." Because, you know, how is it fair that we have to, as a, as an independent health system or a non-profit organization-

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... how could we possibly defend against a nation-funded effort to take down [laughs] our healthcare? So it really starts to rise to the level of policy, and it, and it...

Well, it's definitely changed our whole health care strategy quite a bit.

We kind of had a focus on major medical centers, UCSF, UW up in Seattle, Fred Hutch, Seattle Children's, Huntsman out in Utah.

There's so many wonderful centers of excellence, but we're kind of focusing on that.

The trend that we're seeing now is a lot more passengers are requesting their own flights.