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ismnotwasm

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8. They ARE consolidating

Reply to Recursion (Reply #7)

Wed Dec 25, 2019, 02:40 PM

Dec 2019

Into huge corporate groups. That doesn’t mean keeping county hospitals open. Hospitals are also at the mercy of their equipment and ability. Not everyone can do the diagnostics needed. My hospital gets many transfers from out of state hospitals because we either can treat certain conditions, or have better diagnostic capabilities.

Complex aneurysms, Liver failure, heart conditions. Many disease processes and conditions, that smaller hospitals can’t handle.

You are right, and That’s the thing with healthcare. People who think it’s about insurance alone are missing a lot of the story

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What It Looks Like When a Hospital Erases $11.9 Million in debt [View all] ismnotwasm Dec 2019 OP

Our gub'ment and the Fed allowed our hospital, serving over 10,000 patients, to close, bankrupt. rickyhall Dec 2019 #1

That's a long damn ride if you're bleeding, having heart problems, can't breathe. marble falls Dec 2019 #2

I hope your county has a helicopter. Marcuse Dec 2019 #3

I'm sorry to hear this. One reason why I still live in the metro area...heart and other ... SWBTATTReg Dec 2019 #4

We do have an urgent care facility now rickyhall Dec 2019 #18

This is a national crisis ismnotwasm Dec 2019 #5

A lot of hospitals are going to have to close, whatever we do Recursion Dec 2019 #7

They ARE consolidating ismnotwasm Dec 2019 #8

Boston's hospitals are where they are because of miasma theory Recursion Dec 2019 #10

Yeah, mine is Univeristy connected ismnotwasm Dec 2019 #13

I hope the irs doesn't go after them for Ilsa Dec 2019 #6

Good point, and the IRS will declare this as a taxable event. I guess paying 25% vs. 100% of ... SWBTATTReg Dec 2019 #19

Yes the healthcare system in America is F.....D up tiredtoo Dec 2019 #9

Methodist Le Bonheur is a not-for-profit. The article mentions that. Recursion Dec 2019 #11

The creation of For Profit HMOs tiredtoo Dec 2019 #12

What does the CEO's salary matter? (nt) Recursion Dec 2019 #14

salary of 1.6 million for the CEO and 1.2 million tiredtoo Dec 2019 #15

Does it "sound a little steep"? Why? Recursion Dec 2019 #16

Well i always thought a non-profit enterprise did not make a profit. tiredtoo Dec 2019 #17