r/HospitalBills • u/[deleted] • 12d ago

Good bill

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u/positivelycat 12d ago

Most hospitals are non for profit and offer financial assistance. Have you tired that?

I agree though Good bill is a joke they don't do anything the patient could not do in a phone a call themselves

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u/Trick_Raspberry2507 12d ago

Lots of hospitals are actually FOR PROFIT. Very few are actually non-profit. They may have a non-profit arm that they use as a tax deduction, but most are for profit.

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u/positivelycat 12d ago edited 12d ago

CMS data data does not support that theory unless things have shifted even more in 2 years.

While their are for profit, the largest chunk is still non for profit but I will give you profit hospitals are higher then one might think at about 36% still leaves non for profits with the biggest chunk of 49% rest are government owned

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u/Trick_Raspberry2507 12d ago

Oh shit, really? Where did u find that information?

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u/positivelycat 12d ago

Google is free but here is the .gov source

While this is only medicare hospital out side of VA hospitals not sure how a hospital could run and not accept Medicare

hospital-ownership-data-brief.pdf https://share.google/kVBLSPrdNicNLe1Sw

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u/Turbulent-Pay1150 12d ago

Not for profit hospitals paying for profit providers. It’s kind of the Kaiser model  - insurance is not for profit. Facility may be not for profit. Doctors are for profit. As are pharmaceuticals. 

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u/[deleted] 12d ago

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u/Trick_Raspberry2507 12d ago

I never said it wasn't.

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u/Better-Tough6874 12d ago

Non profits still need to take in money. Clearly you do that know how they work.