News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on The US is the most expensive nation in which to have a baby. Parent comment

Re:The US is the most expensive nation in which to have a baby by RGamma on Saturday January 20, 2018 @08:26AM (#16193241)
What do these administrators do (i.e. what's their value)? Are they like physicians with a leading/management role?
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:The US is the most expensive nation in which to have a baby by jbooth on Saturday January 20, 2018 @08:46AM (#16193300)
They apply "MBA 101" to the system, best summarized as "extracting more money with better care as a distant second".

Was chatting with the doc during our second birth, the admins had just pulled a bait and switch on the practitioners. Instead of better equipment and surgery rooms, they were getting a few hundred more beds. Beds are easy to bill for. Surgery and actual care are way less profitable.

[ Parent | on HN ]