Re: For profit hospitals

[jrmu@xxxxxxxxxx]

Hm, this cites a practice from over 100 years ago. Do you have anything
more recent you know of?

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On Fri, Apr 03, 2026 at 03:45:58PM -0500, Caleb Herbert wrote:
> On Fri, 2026-04-03 at 13:42 -0700, jrmu wrote:
> > Can privately owned, for-profit hospitals deliver medical care for
> > low-income,
> > rural populations? Or can only the government handle this?  My gut
> > feeling is
> > no, this requires government intervention.
> 
> I don't think so, not with the American Medical Association around.
> 
> https://fee.org/articles/lodge-doctors-and-the-poor/
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