Posted by oldtanker on February 12, 2016 at 10:45:08 from (64.118.3.19):
In Reply to: Health care posted by Mike M on February 10, 2016 at 06:01:47:
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Actually the mistake we made as a people was yelling about government health subsidies back in the 70's. Back then most hospitals were run by doctors. If they ran in the red the government made up the difference at the end of the year. Health cost were manageable. Then to get away from subsidies they allowed the HMO's, for profit to come into existence. Health care cost have been climbing like mad ever sense. Even non profit hospitals are raking in enough that every year they spend thousands if not millions on expansions and remodels so that at reporting time there is no profit. County hospital falls into that group. In the last 15 or so years they have put 2 multi million dollar additions on the hospital plus built several satellite clinics. They just finished up one 3 story addition that included buying out several homes and paying to have another of them moved. And yea, I do kinda know what I'm talking about with that hospital, my daughter is a medical lab tech there. I know that when my wife was injured her doctor there was outraged when he found out what the hospital was charging per 15 minutes of his time.
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