▲ 957 ▼ A former US surgeon general says he went to the ER for dehydration and ended up with a $5,000 bill. He called the healthcare system 'broken.' (www.businessinsider.com) submitted 2 years ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world 254 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] CaptainPedantic@lemmy.world 32 points 2 years ago (2 children) Non-profits need revenue, true. But many non-profit hospitals are not acting like nonprofits. Here's a NYT opinion piece about it permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] jeffw@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) Here’s an actual study on the issue. You’re largely right about nonprofits not contributing enough, but that’s a systemic issue that reflects the poor quality of the system and how it’s funded in the first place, such as the way we allow insurance companies to take huge chunks of our money. permalink fedilink source parent [–] spider@lemmy.nz 6 points 2 years ago Non-Profit or Non-Taxed? - Economic Update with Richard Wolff permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jeffw@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) Here’s an actual study on the issue. You’re largely right about nonprofits not contributing enough, but that’s a systemic issue that reflects the poor quality of the system and how it’s funded in the first place, such as the way we allow insurance companies to take huge chunks of our money. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] spider@lemmy.nz 6 points 2 years ago Non-Profit or Non-Taxed? - Economic Update with Richard Wolff permalink fedilink source parent