>The median operating margins for hospitals is around 0% or some times negative. Injecting more costs into the system is only going to push prices further upwar

>The median operating margins for hospitals is around 0% or some times negative. Injecting more costs into the system is only going to push prices further upward. Well if they can't run themselves within a budget constraint and require outside subsidy/transfers to function, they should be public services rather than private firms, for-profit or nonprofit.