“There’s a real vested interest in getting people well and on the road.”
You raise an important fact about charity hospitals. The doctors and caretakers were able to try innovative tactics and procedures that ultimately paid benefits to the entire health community and its patients.
Thank you for the mention.
I worked in a hospital for many years. I do know that our staff tried to do the best it could for it’s patients.
All health care facilities are innovative in some ways. In others they may be somewhat antiquated.
No hospital is perfect, and over all, not very many are super sub-par.
I just know the nature of the beast, and when you’re operating on someone else’s dollar, it easy to become more complacent with expenditures.
Patients need to be incentivized also. For instance, a plan that pays out a small amount to the insured each year they don’t use services is a great way to expend a little money to save a lot.
Healthy lifestyles can also be something that is rewarded each year, as people save the insurance company because they require less medical care.