Giant hospital chain (HCA) creates a windfall for private equity....but......

Here's a long but enlightening article about HCA. It seems they are up to their billing shenanigans again.


http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/15/business/hca-giant-hospital-chain-creates-a-windfall-for-private-equity.html?_r=3&hp&pagewanted=all

PBulldog2 wrote:

Here's a long but enlightening article about HCA. It seems they are up to their billing shenanigans again.


http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/15/business/hca-giant-hospital-chain-creates-a-windfall-for-private-equity.html?_r=3&hp&pagewanted=all

PB, I read the whole article. They sound like money-grubbing scumbags. Their standard answer "We have taken steps to correct this problem."

I prefer Baptist Hospital. They're not perfect... nobody is, but I have been going there for years and I am comfortable with their care.

EricEricson wrote:

PBulldog2 wrote:

Here's a long but enlightening article about HCA. It seems they are up to their billing shenanigans again.


http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/15/business/hca-giant-hospital-chain-creates-a-windfall-for-private-equity.html?_r=3&hp&pagewanted=all

PB, I read the whole article. They sound like money-grubbing scumbags. Their standard answer "We have taken steps to correct this problem."

I prefer Baptist Hospital. They're not perfect... nobody is, but I have been going there for years and I am comfortable with their care.

"Money-grubbing scumbags" fits the bill. Apt description!

I don't understand why most people don't get this. I don't understand why most people don't care. And to think our very own guvner was the one in charge when HCA went down the first time......!