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by readthenotes1 1321 days ago
Before the The medical insurance business crew, and before the Johnson administration interfered with the market, many hospitals in the United States were run by religious organizations as a civic duty, not as a money-making venture.

We can see the detritus of those days in the names of Baylor, Baptist, Presbyterian, St Michael's etc.

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Even religious institutions are not immune to corruption. They just have different expectations (charity) surrounding the same motives (growth).