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Politics & Religion / Re: The Politics of Health Care
« Last post by ccp on Today at 11:14:22 AM »Good questions.
Hospitals have been merging and making regional, state wide , beyond state wide corporate empires all over the US for decades now.
I had one patient tell me a son was CEO of multiple hospitals and he makes millions.
Rick Scott was head of Humana if I recall
https://www.floridabulldog.org/2021/07/rick-scott-nations-richest-senator-gets-millions-richer/
One can also think of a Presidential candidate whose first name begins with V.
Think the Wall Street side of things for one.
But not the only one.
But also think about patients
if everything is totally covered and they have NO skin the game then health care usage goes up.
Hospitals have been merging and making regional, state wide , beyond state wide corporate empires all over the US for decades now.
I had one patient tell me a son was CEO of multiple hospitals and he makes millions.
Rick Scott was head of Humana if I recall
https://www.floridabulldog.org/2021/07/rick-scott-nations-richest-senator-gets-millions-richer/
One can also think of a Presidential candidate whose first name begins with V.
Think the Wall Street side of things for one.
But not the only one.
But also think about patients
if everything is totally covered and they have NO skin the game then health care usage goes up.