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slightlv

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4. This is when healthcare goes to hell in a handbasket.

Reply to appalachiablue (Original post)

Sun Feb 12, 2023, 08:21 PM

Feb 2023

Private equity firms are only brought out for one reason... to rape as much as they can for their shareholders and kill the entity. Unfortunately, those within that entity will be us.

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Emergency Rms Staffed by Private Equity Firms Aim to Cut Costs, Make More Money, Hire Fewer Drs: NPR [View all] appalachiablue Feb 2023 OP

K&R 2naSalit Feb 2023 #1

This message was self-deleted by its author Dum Aloo Feb 2023 #2

That's exactly it, and sad. appalachiablue Feb 2023 #12

Going to a mid level care giver for continuing treatment is much different than for a diagnosis Freethinker65 Feb 2023 #3

Good points & credible experiences, IK. ER docs for the ER amen! Thanks for commenting. appalachiablue Feb 2023 #5

I have been out of hospital work for almost 10 years and that's the way it was going back then mitch96 Feb 2023 #7

I worked as an RN for three decades markodochartaigh Feb 2023 #9

My manager made all decisions via her spread sheet. If the numbers were not there it did not go. mitch96 Feb 2023 #10

The ugly truth, thanks for posting. appalachiablue Feb 2023 #13

I believe it. These toxic practices in the name of higher profits that overburden appalachiablue Feb 2023 #11

"toxic practices in the name of higher profits" I understand that a hospital is a business mitch96 Feb 2023 #14

This is when healthcare goes to hell in a handbasket. slightlv Feb 2023 #4

+1 I hear you, heathcare is already inadequate & now a source of more profit for predators appalachiablue Feb 2023 #6

Profit: The difference between what you pay for and what you get Midnight Writer Feb 2023 #8

Perfectly stated. n/t markodochartaigh Feb 2023 #15