Profit is antithetical to positive healthcare outcomes. Period. End of story.
Researchers examined Medicare claims for 662,095 patients at 51 different hospitals owned by private equity firms and compared the outcomes to those of more than 4 million hospitalizations at 259 hospitals that were not owned by private equity firms:
At private equity firm hospitals:
* 25.4% increase in hospital-acquired conditions
* 27% increase in falls
* 38% increase in central line infections despite performing 16% fewer percutaneous central lines
* 100% increase in surgical site infections despite 8% fewer surgeries
* And all despite treating younger and therefore presumably healthier patients
https://skepchick.org/2023/12/the-guys-who-killed-toys-r-us-are-coming-for-doctors/
#HealthcareIsAHumanRight #SinglePayerNow #MedicareForAll #USPol #USPolitics #GetProfitOutOfHealthcare #PrivateEquity #Finance
When I moved to Thailand in 2015, for the 1st time in my life, I came into contact with lots of Americans and the subject of America's notorious healthcare system often came up.
Even suggesting that there was anything wrong with America's profoundly PROFIT orientated heath-care system was often akin to suggesting barbecuing human babies alive for supper!
Americans it seems don't want it to change however utterly dreadful it may be!
