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For the unaware - this particular hospital chain (HCA) is super, super shady. It's a for-profit institution, which is alarming in and of itself when the bar fo
by yhoneycomb 5y ago
For the unaware - this particular hospital chain (HCA) is super, super shady.
It's a for-profit institution, which is alarming in and of itself when the bar for hospitals to be nonprofit is so low (and when most of the "non-profit" hospitals are essentially for profit institutions anyway.)
- wfhbata 5y ago> when most of the "non-profit" hospitals are essentially for profit institutions anyway This sounds worse than a for-profit institution declaring itself as a for-profit institution. What is it about the chain that is “super, super shady”?
- yhoneycomb 5y ago> HCA Inc. (formerly known as Columbia/HCA and HCA - The Healthcare Company) has agreed to pay the United States $631 million in civil penalties and damages arising from false claims the government alleged it submitted to Medicare and other federal health programs, the Justice Department announced today. https://www.justice.gov/archive/opa/pr/2003/June/03_civ_386.htm https://www.justice.gov/archive/opa/pr/2003/June/03_civ_386....