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Both. The govt gives them a break on taxes. They also pay the hospital thru Medicare and Medicaid.
by prasadjoglekar 3y ago
Both. The govt gives them a break on taxes. They also pay the hospital thru Medicare and Medicaid.
- LordDragonfang 3y agoI'm not sure the latter holds. That's like saying grocery stores are "government funded" because they take food stamps - or for that matter, that private retirement homes are "government funded" because the retirees get their income from Social Security. And for that matter, the former definitely doesn't hold, because nearly every entity gets some tax break. Every homeowner is "government funded".
- s1artibartfast 3y agoI wouldn't call either of those funding in the sense I described.
- lozenge 3y agoIsn't the Medicare payment less than the hospital gets giving the same treatment to somebody with private health insurance?