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by jmspamerton 39 days ago
so, your answer is OMG, they are making money!11! It's not a money probelm, it's a resources problem. We simply don't have enought hospital resources to serve everyone in the us. it's not making money, it's not having enough beds and skilled people to do the work.

Get an MD and help out, then you'll discover how you really DONT want the government to tell you which patients to serve.

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> It's not a money probelm, it's a resources problem.

Most people would consider money a resource, and quite a few rural hospitals are closing because of a lack of that specific resource.

> you'll discover how you really DONT want the government to tell you which patients to serve

Yeah, wait until you hear about private for-profit insurers doing that instead.

Honestly, after stories like these, I don't want a corporation telling me which patients to serve even more. At least government is theoretically accountable for their decisions.