Hospitals are not private institutions.
They are government entities and run by government fiat.
Thanks to Deep State we now have a de facto NHS.
And it sucks.
“Hospitals are not private institutions.”
Many are technically (legally defined) as private sector even though they may be reliant on government money from medicare and medicaid reimbursements, research grants, relief from tax revenue due to non-profit status, and occasionally direct contributions of capital. In my city one hospital is the medical center and medical school of a private university. The physical plant is not “owned” by any government entity and the employees are not employees of state, local or federal government. The other hospital is owned by a not-for-profit organization. Again, the property is owned by the not-for-profit holding corporation. The employee are not state, federal or local government employees, they work for the not for profit private corporation.