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While I agree with the truth of your first statement, your view seems rather black and white. Companies don’t only see patients as profit centers, most investor

While I agree with the truth of your first statement, your view seems rather black and white. Companies don’t only see patients as profit centers, most investors probably do. Anthropomorphizing corporations is of little value, arguably a dangerous abstraction.

Zelphyr 3y ago
Ever been to a medical provider (MD, NP, PA) and have them breeze in, mumble some questions to you, type some things on their computer while barely looking at you, and then breeze back out, all within 15 minutes? That's because they are required to see as many patients as possible. One company my wife worked for required her to see 21 a day. She had bonuses tied to increased volume. Not their improved health outcomes. How many patients she saw. Having bonuses tied to the number of patients she saw was something she experienced at every company she has worked for as an NP except one. Now, tell me again how companies don't see patients as profit centers. I agree with you that investors surely do. However, all but one of those companies she worked for were private companies--one was a family-owned practice.