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Patients’ Discomfort with Non-profit Hospitals raking Millions while Cutting Patient Services
19:15 - 29:07 (09:51)
Bonsacores, like many non-profit hospital systems in America, enjoys non-profit tax status while generating billions of dollars in revenue; In the case of Bon Secours, doctors and patients, are bothered that the hospital is cutting back on services to low-income patients while buying “Superfluous” high-value assets such as surgical centers in rich suburbs.
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The closure of the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at small hospitals can cause a ripple effect.
19:15 - 21:16 (02:00)
Summary
The closure of the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at small hospitals can cause a ripple effect. A larger hospital network, Bonsacores, closed Richmond Community's ICU, which led to the exodus of lung and cardiologists specialists, causing the hospital to lose essential services.
ChapterPatients’ Discomfort with Non-profit Hospitals raking Millions while Cutting Patient Services
EpisodeHow Nonprofit Hospitals Put Profits Over Patients
PodcastThe Daily
Patients who depend on community hospitals may suffer due to lack of resources and reduced services.
21:16 - 23:18 (02:01)
Summary
Patients who depend on community hospitals may suffer due to lack of resources and reduced services. Bonsacores' argument on patients seeking services from other hospitals in their system may not always be feasible, especially for those without easy access to public transit.
ChapterPatients’ Discomfort with Non-profit Hospitals raking Millions while Cutting Patient Services
EpisodeHow Nonprofit Hospitals Put Profits Over Patients
PodcastThe Daily
Many nonprofit hospitals in the US are effectively operating as for-profit companies, competing with for-profit hospitals due to IRS allowing them to provide loosely defined benefits to justify their tax exemptions.
23:18 - 25:39 (02:21)
Summary
Many nonprofit hospitals in the US are effectively operating as for-profit companies, competing with for-profit hospitals due to IRS allowing them to provide loosely defined benefits to justify their tax exemptions. However, the rules themselves that hospitals have to follow to justify their tax breaks are ambiguous.
ChapterPatients’ Discomfort with Non-profit Hospitals raking Millions while Cutting Patient Services
EpisodeHow Nonprofit Hospitals Put Profits Over Patients
PodcastThe Daily
Hospitals in the United States have found ways to avoid state requirements for providing free or discounted care to low-income patients by offering their own interpretation of the rules, including counting salaries towards the IRS requirements or building new facilities in affluent areas.
25:39 - 29:07 (03:28)
Summary
Hospitals in the United States have found ways to avoid state requirements for providing free or discounted care to low-income patients by offering their own interpretation of the rules, including counting salaries towards the IRS requirements or building new facilities in affluent areas.