[buckalfa]

Having worked for both non profit and for profit healthcare concerns, I find it interesting when physicians who must make a profit to stay in business railes against profit in that business.

[lepton]

Doctors are generally better at medicine. Not so much running the business.

[Jonty30]

Just profit that isn’t theirs.

[Dad was my hero]

These laws and regulations, which started appearing nearly a century ago, were meant to fight the commercialization of medicine, maintain the independence and authority of physicians, and prioritize the doctor-patient relationship over the interests of investors and shareholders.

It’s interesting to me that we don’t seem to be as concerned about the government running medicine.

[algore]

My local ER was owned by one of the doctors who worked there.

He retired and sold it.

A few years later I went in for something non emergent and they billed me 7k for something which he would have probably billed for $5-600 which I expected.

(and likely free for me)

[aimhigh]

In my city, the hospital is buying up local clinics, and the service is horrible.

[dadfly]

bookmark.

[JubJub]

Too late. Everyone stood by and watched it happen without interference ping.

[Adder]

I thought zerocare changed all that...

[Svartalfiar]

I thought Obamacare banned physicians from owning hospitals?