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> At this point, nobody wants to go in for routine examinations or non-emergency procedures. For-profit hospitals (almost all of them are) as a business, depend
by akiselev 6y ago
> At this point, nobody wants to go in for routine examinations or non-emergency procedures. For-profit hospitals (almost all of them are) as a business, depend on providing these non-emergency services/ surgeries/ procedures. Hospitals across the country are laying off health-care workers en-masse.
Nitpick: Over half of US hospitals are nonprofits or government owned [1] though I believe hospitals are vastly outnumbered by private clinics and independent practices. Doesn't change your overall point - even the hospitals run by governments, the Catholic church, and other institutions have budgets and are watching their main incomes disappear without much hope for the near future.
[1] https://www.aha.org/statistics/fast-facts-us-hospitals https://www.aha.org/statistics/fast-facts-us-hospitals
- m0zg 6y agoWhile factually true, this does not defeat the point: those non-profit and public hospitals rely on paid procedures to pay their employees. And yes, those employees are furloughed and laid off en masse.
- 40four 6y agoThanks, I see now that I overstated the number of for profit hospitals. You are right, though. They all depend on us using them.
- Spooky23 6y agoGovernment owned or Non-profit isn't as meaningful as you might think. End of the day, hospitals live on Medicare admissions for cash flow (ie. old people) and surgery for profit. Old people are staying home, people aren't hurting themselves on the couch, etc. Government owned is only meaningful with the Federal government, which has unlimited resources.