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Re:Report: 90% of nurses considering leaving the profession ... by slantedview on Wednesday April 27, 2022 @11:57AM (#31181635)
> I strongly believe that only physicians should be running hospitals.

More than that - hands on healthcare should not be a for profit industry. The need to make profit is fundamentally opposed to providing the best care. As the push for profit increases, more people get sick and die. This goes for long term care as well, which is facing a similar staffing crisis for similar reasons.

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Re:Report: 90% of nurses considering leaving the profession ... by legitster on Wednesday April 27, 2022 @12:47PM (#31182399)
Your local hospital is likely a non-profit. Your health insurance company might even be a non-profit. But they don't do any better. Corporate profit motive doesn't seem to be at play here.
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Re:Report: 90% of nurses considering leaving the profession ... by candiddevmike on Wednesday April 27, 2022 @12:54PM (#31182518)
It's executive/board/administrative compensation that's more of a problem than profits for most hospitals/insurance companies.
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