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Healthcare isn't supposed to make money, it's supposed to stave off death. Just like schools aren't supposed to make money, or the postal service, or the milita
by duped 5y ago
Healthcare isn't supposed to make money, it's supposed to stave off death. Just like schools aren't supposed to make money, or the postal service, or the military. Framing things in the context of whether or not critical services to society make or lose money puts it in a fundamentally unfair context.
I don't want hospitals to make a profit, or generate revenue. Every procedure should be losing money.
- refurb 5y agoHow do you pay staff without revenue? Building maintenance? Garbage collection? Even communist systems had budgets and financial rules.
- mfer 5y agoHospitals need to break even on finances. What they take in needs to cover their costs. Anything other than this needs to be subsidized by an outside organization.
- duped 5y agoExactly. Hospitals can't work like businesses or charities, they're a critical service that require federal, state, and local taxes to offset the cost of keeping communities healthy. It's called promoting the general welfare and it's one of the primary roles of governments. Clearly private institutions are failing.