national total of us hospital beds decreased 35% from 1.5 million in 1975 to 931,000 in 2017
https://www.statista.com/statistics/185860/number-of-all-hospital-beds-in-the-us-since-2001/
That’s so health care executives can by second houses for their third mistress; and so people from all over Latin America can come here illegally and use the ER as a primary care facility.
Now tell me how much the population has increased in the last 45 years.
THE GDP has quadrupled since 1971.
Why have inflation-adjusted wages remained stagnant?
(Actually, fallen behind, because houses and food cost so much more...not to mention college.)