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> As a counterpoint, though, is the very idea of running a business providing end-of-life care evil? It’s not like there’s a government program you can use. Th
by justin66 3y ago
> As a counterpoint, though, is the very idea of running a business providing end-of-life care evil? It’s not like there’s a government program you can use.
The distinction between a for-profit business and a nonprofit is relevant here.
- emodendroket 3y agoI guess so, though my own experience in the nonprofit sector has made me a little skeptical of how big the difference really is in many cases. In many instances I feel nonprofits end up acting like cat's paws for their donors. May not apply to hospice care.
- justin66 3y agoThe nonprofit hospice I - and a few people I know - have dealt with a few times over the years has an excellent reputation and lives up to it. I'm not familiar with all their operations, obviously, but I don't think it could even function as a branch of a large for-profit corporation, let alone as part of the government. > In many instances I feel nonprofits end up acting like cat's paws for their donors. May not apply to hospice care. There are ways I could see a hospice service getting fucked up in that way, by influence wielded by its donors (if a large amount of donations came from a single religious sect that wanted to impose its ways on end of life care, or something) but the difference is that I'd view a large for-profit corporation fucking it up as inevitable. The use of a benefit corporation might help with that, possibly, with the right leadership.
- Pigalowda 3y agoNot that relevant. Nonprofit healthcare is simply a tax structure.