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Its another downside of a for profit healthcare system./——-/ The hospitals were FORCED to stop elective surgery by the states. That is a major source of their income. So you hysterical snowflakes create the problem then blame the hospitals for not overcoming your stupidity.Medical Staffing Companies Cut Doctors’ Pay While Spending Millions on Political Ads
While cutting benefits for emergency room doctors and other medical workers, TeamHealth and Envision have spent millions on ads meant to pressure politicians working on legislation to cap out-of-network costs for Americans.www.propublica.org
Private equity-backed medical staffing companies that have cut doctors’ pay are continuing to spend millions on political ads, according to Federal Communications Commission disclosures.
The ads amount to $2.2 million since Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar declared a public health emergency on Jan. 31. About $1.2 million has been spent since President Donald Trump’s national emergency declaration on March 13, the disclosures show.
The argument seems to be that Covid work is less profitable than normal healthcare. These people are heroes who are putting their lives on the line.
At the same time their employers are spending millions on tv ads defending their right to rip off sick people.
I have no idea what an "out of network cost" actually is but I suspect that it is an instrument for making people pay more than they should for a service. The price of freedom eh ?
Actually it isn’t. These “electives” (which aren’t really) are obtainable here in the US, but aren’t in socialized healthcare states.