Re:Health care is turning into a consumer product
by jethro_tell on Monday January 10, 2022 @09:40AM
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Well that's the thing, for profit health care requires making cuts to maintain profit. That's why it's a bad idea.
You can't just say you can't close this hospital, you have to find a way to pay the bills on it.
There is a sad trend where the small doctors -- who can't survive without group power -- join conglomerates, the conglomerates buy hospitals, and finally the conglomerates close the less performant facilities. You get large states with vast underserved geographies.
The OP headline is we are careening towards a luxury retail arrangement like Trader Joes: they will only have "outlets" in the richest areas. There's no regulation around closing hospitals so this is coming fast. Two in my county closed this year and I am far from rural.