Hospitals that make profits should pay taxes

Re:Hospitals that make profits should pay taxes by jraph on Sunday April 14, 2024 @02:02PM (#40032994)

We should not. It should be provided unconditionally to anyone needing it. Homo sapiens can do better than letting its pairs who can't pay die (slowly).

And care givers should be very well paid because they have hard jobs and critically important ones.

Making illness profitable creates bad incentives.

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Re:Hospitals that make profits should pay taxes by user_7832 on Sunday April 14, 2024 @02:06PM (#40033027)

> It should be provided unconditionally to anyone needing it.

Correct me if I'm wrong but in many/most countries including the US, hospitals legally will treat emergency patients regardless of whether they can pay or are homeless-levels of broke.

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Re:Hospitals that make profits should pay taxes by jraph on Sunday April 14, 2024 @02:12PM (#40033099)

It's not only emergencies. I've heard people in the US hesitate to get cured because they don't have the money.

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