When one select group abuses the system for free (ie uses Ambulance as a Taxi system, ER as primary care, fraudulent identities, rushes across the border for medical care, etc) - the hospital will write off what they can, pass what they can to the taxpayers and/or go bankrupt
Google “hospital bankruptcies border town” and you will see articles about Arizona, California, Texas and more going bankrupt. This denies US citizens access to medial care WE NEED and WE PAY for
So hospitals do the only thing they can. When Fed laws DEMAND they provide services, and the recipients refuse to pay - we all get screwed. So they raise the rates for those who can and will pay
For example, walk into the maternity ward of your choice; see how many migrant babies are there; then realize YOU paid for all costs of their birth, will pay all pediatric costs and they will likely have kids before they are out of pediatric care themselves
I am seeing, first-hand, hospitals that have been around for decades, closing their doors faster than new ones are built. I am also seeing that the population of these hospitals are becoming more an more "low income", whether it's single mothers with multiple kids, drug addiction, drunk driving accidents - I am seeing people who cannot afford medical care, demanding the best.
I am seeing the maternity ward, being overwhelmingly filled with minority children, born to mothers who don't have a job. I'm seeing the Welfare system being abused and stretched by countless illegals flocking into our country, not for a job; but for the benefits.
When one select group abuses the system for free (ie uses Ambulance as a Taxi system, ER as primary care, fraudulent identities, rushes across the border for medical care, etc) - the hospital will write off what they can, pass what they can to the taxpayers and/or go bankrupt
Google “hospital bankruptcies border town” and you will see articles about Arizona, California, Texas and more going bankrupt. This denies US citizens access to medial care WE NEED and WE PAY for
So hospitals do the only thing they can. When Fed laws DEMAND they provide services, and the recipients refuse to pay - we all get screwed. So they raise the rates for those who can and will pay
For example, walk into the maternity ward of your choice; see how many migrant babies are there; then realize YOU paid for all costs of their birth, will pay all pediatric costs and they will likely have kids before they are out of pediatric care themselves
I know all that. But the cost is 100% manufactured for massive profit without any of that.
It only escalates further when you factor in what you just explained.
If so, then why are so many hospitals going bankrupt?
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/health/wa-hospitals-facing-unsustainable-financial-losses-in-danger-of-cutting-services/
https://www.cnbc.com/video/2020/02/18/why-some-hospitals-are-going-bankrupt-and-others-are-making-billions.html
https://therealdeal.com/2022/04/03/locals-scramble-to-raise-70m-to-buy-california-citys-only-hospital-out-of-bankruptcy/
https://wchstv.com/news/special-reports/iteam-investigates-why-are-wva-hospitals-going-bankrupt
https://www.healthcaredive.com/news/the-case-of-the-disappearing-hospital-beds/427211/
If, as you claim, Hospitals are making a profit - then wouldn't the logical response be "make more of them"?
Do you know what bankruptcy is used for when it comes to big business?
Erase debt and obligations, keep resources, re-establish credit.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-09-15/us-hospitals-to-face-heart-wrenching-decisions-as-losses-mount
https://www.chiefhealthcareexecutive.com/view/hospitals-losing-billions-in-2022-more-than-half-could-have-negative-margins
https://medsourceconsultants.com/why-are-hospitals-losing-millions/
I am seeing, first-hand, hospitals that have been around for decades, closing their doors faster than new ones are built. I am also seeing that the population of these hospitals are becoming more an more "low income", whether it's single mothers with multiple kids, drug addiction, drunk driving accidents - I am seeing people who cannot afford medical care, demanding the best.
I am seeing the maternity ward, being overwhelmingly filled with minority children, born to mothers who don't have a job. I'm seeing the Welfare system being abused and stretched by countless illegals flocking into our country, not for a job; but for the benefits.