Re: “About 60 percent of Mayo Clinic’s business comes from elective procedures”
That number sounds really high.
My guess - almost no one wants to risk a doctor visit or a hospital stay, even if they really need treatment.
Mayo Clinic Rochester is ranked in the Top 5 for almost every medical specialty.
Mayo Clinic will always be solid financially. Go to Rochester,MN airport and see the 767’s lined up with Arabic lettering. The Sauds go there if they catch a cold, bring 100 of their family members, and pay cash.
Awesome hospital. Generally known as the best in the world.
Which number. My wife is furloughed and when not has a pay cut.
The dirty secret is much of running the Rochester Mayo operation comes from Saudi $$$.
There are several buildings all setup for treating Saudi family not accessible to Americans.
Rochester is not a big town but you can tell which buildings are for the Saudi and which are for Americans.
It’s not that people don’t want to risk getting an elective surgery. They cannot get an elective surgery because that has been shut down.
A good friend of mine that is an RN hasn’t worked since March 17th. She works on a floor that deals with post op for people with knee replacements and similar elective things.
Those procedures stopped with the shutdown. Her hospital is losing untold millions. They’ve had two Wuhan flu patients in that time. Neither went to the ICU. Both have recovered. Our county has had 16 infections identified in 6 weeks. This is madness!