St. Jude is so specialized, and attracts donation/charity funding, due to treating cancer in children. The Shriners’ hospital/s also attract donations from people who do not want children to suffer.
I don’t think people are inclined to send charitable donations to some place that is doing knee replacements and appendix removals. Just sayin’.
There are some free clinics in the U.S., funded solely by private donations. They treat all ages and do the boring stuff too like lab work, etc.
If everyone in America did not have to pay for medical insurance, they might have a little extra money to give to their favorite clinic or hospital.
Wouldn’t it be great if this could actually happen? I think it would. Well, I have to leave now for work, but I appreciate all the comments posted here.
Somewhat off topic, by I wonder how much it costs to run a hospital, and how much hospitals get paid by insurers and out of pocket payment by patients.
I hear how we spend in the trillions yearly on healthcare, but then also hear how many hospitals are in financial trouble.
Something doesn’t quite add up. Everybody who works pays Medicare taxes, which then go to pay for hospital and outpatient care. All with health insurance pay premiums.
Is this a matter of redirecting and rechanneling money we already spend so that we get better results? Including making it possible for financially troubled hospitals to stay in business?