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QuoteBlame the insurance companies, or the hospital as well if it is a for-profit corporation.
Profit and healthcare shouldn't mix.
So I don't deserve to get paid for what I do?
I assume you work for free too right?
kbordson 8
QuoteQuoteBlame the insurance companies, or the hospital as well if it is a for-profit corporation.
Profit and healthcare shouldn't mix.
So I don't deserve to get paid for what I do?
I assume you work for free too right?
Not just you being selfish and part of the problem. Who else can we blame?
Nurses should work free - Florence Nightengale probably did. Lab is now free. EDTA tubes are being handed out like candy. Antibiotics... hell... just use fungus - doesn't matter if it's penicillin or candidia, does it? XRays... those are free from the sun. Why is health care charging for that? And isn't ultrasound a free frequency too? Janitorial services doesn't need to get paid, just get more candy stripers (funny thing is, I haven't seen candy stripers in years) Who needs security? It's not like anyone ever fakes an injury to try to get out of jail time by using the hospital to escape.
I'm definitely not saying folks in healthcare should have to work on a volunteer basis! I just think hospitals should be non-profit organizations. I believe that the for-profit status of insurance companies and some healthcare facilities has significantly reduced quality of patient care.
I work at a hospital - it is a "charitable public-benefit corporation" and I think that it makes a big difference to the patients, and the staff.
"Life is a temporary victory over the causes which induce death." - Sylvester Graham
I work at a hospital - it is a "charitable public-benefit corporation" and I think that it makes a big difference to the patients, and the staff.
"Life is a temporary victory over the causes which induce death." - Sylvester Graham
LisaH 0
QuoteQuoteQuoteBlame the insurance companies, or the hospital as well if it is a for-profit corporation.
Profit and healthcare shouldn't mix.
So I don't deserve to get paid for what I do?
I assume you work for free too right?
Not just you being selfish and part of the problem. Who else can we blame?
Nurses should work free - Florence Nightengale probably did. Lab is now free. EDTA tubes are being handed out like candy. Antibiotics... hell... just use fungus - doesn't matter if it's penicillin or candidia, does it? XRays... those are free from the sun. Why is health care charging for that? And isn't ultrasound a free frequency too? Janitorial services doesn't need to get paid, just get more candy stripers (funny thing is, I haven't seen candy stripers in years) Who needs security? It's not like anyone ever fakes an injury to try to get out of jail time by using the hospital to escape.
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QuoteI'm definitely not saying folks in healthcare should have to work on a volunteer basis! I just think hospitals should be non-profit organizations. I believe that the for-profit status of insurance companies and some healthcare facilities has significantly reduced quality of patient care.
I work at a hospital - it is a "charitable public-benefit corporation" and I think that it makes a big difference to the patients, and the staff.
I'm finishing residency in 2 days from a very large not-for-profit corporation. There was actually a huge article in the WSJ attacking us back in August for our costs, for suing people and foreclosing their homes over their medical bills, etc.
We stand to lose/write-off $50mil this year in charity care and non-payments. However, not-for-profit still has to pay the bills. And unfortunately, if you think the bills the patients see are large, you should see the bills the hospitals see.
Medicine ain't cheap. Sucks, but it is true.
Really don't want this to go to SC, but meh.
I just think that the corporate drive to increase profit frequently contradicts the provision of high-quality patient care.
"Life is a temporary victory over the causes which induce death." - Sylvester Graham
"Life is a temporary victory over the causes which induce death." - Sylvester Graham
QuoteI just think that the corporate drive to increase profit frequently contradicts the provision of high-quality patient care.
I can't disagree with you there.
Nataly 38
QuoteQuoteI just think that the corporate drive to increase profit frequently contradicts the provision of high-quality patient care.
I can't disagree with you there.
There are problems however you run things.. If you run a profit-making healthcare, it can mean the patient pays over the top for things he/she didn't necessarily need, which is obviously bad.
If you run a not-for-profit healthcare, the budget is finite, so the whole system can turn into a cost-saving exercise, which can mean patients don't get procedures/drugs that they really do need.
Now I know that the Brits among us will maybe say "that's why we have private *and* public healthcare".. But the truth is that healthcare will always be a hugely problematic area because the fact is that people who need it are vulnerable to begin with and there is no system that will suit *everybody*.
"There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse."
- Chris Hadfield
« Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. »
- my boss
- Chris Hadfield
« Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. »
- my boss
QuoteQuoteBlame the insurance companies, or the hospital as well if it is a for-profit corporation.
Profit and healthcare shouldn't mix.
So I don't deserve to get paid for what I do?
I assume you work for free too right?
So, you don't seem to understand the difference between COST and PROFIT
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No one said that people shouldn't be paid -
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Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome
Profit and healthcare shouldn't mix.
"Life is a temporary victory over the causes which induce death." - Sylvester Graham
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