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> For hospitals, especially rural hospitals, I think trying to run them for economic gain just doesn't work. In current day America it doesn't seem like anythi
by delusional 1y ago
> For hospitals, especially rural hospitals, I think trying to run them for economic gain just doesn't work.
In current day America it doesn't seem like anything useful is compatible with making money. From the outside, it looks like you've entirely divorced money from common good.
It is possible to make hospitals profitable, but it requires you to take control over what sorts of things you wish to make a profit.
- tptacek 1y agoYou can just look to any well-run hospital chain to see organizations doing extremely valuable work lucratively. But many of the largest hospital chains are non-profit; in Chicago, Rush, Northwestern, UChicago, and Edwards-Elmhurst --- all of the largest chains --- are non-profit. Non-profit and rapidly expanding.