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How Nonprofit Hospitals Put Profits Over Patients

How Nonprofit Hospitals Put Profits Over Patients

FromThe Daily


How Nonprofit Hospitals Put Profits Over Patients

FromThe Daily

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Length:
32 minutes
Released:
Jan 25, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Nonprofit hospitals — which make up around half of hospitals in the United States — were founded to help the poor.But a Times investigation has revealed that many have deviated from those charitable roots, behaving like for-profit companies, sometimes to the detriment of the health of patients.Guest: Jessica Silver-Greenberg, an investigative business reporter for The New York Times.Background reading: With the help of a consulting firm, the Providence hospital system trained staff members to wring money out of patients, even those eligible for free care.Dozens of doctors have said that this New York nonprofit hospital pressured them to give preferential treatment to donors, trustees and their families.Bon Secours Mercy Health, a major nonprofit health system, used a poor neighborhood to tap into a lucrative federal drug program.For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday. 
Released:
Jan 25, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

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