EXPOSED: For-Profit Health Care Crisis

[@renriviera]

“Capitalists should never be allowed near a healthcare system. They hold sick children hostage as they force parents to bankrupt themselves in the desperate scramble to pay for medical care. The sick do not have a choice. Medical care is not a consumable good. We can choose to buy a used or new care, shop at a boutique or a thrift store, but there is no choice between illness and health.” ~ Chris Hedges

[@arthurwintersight7868]

At the very least, prices should be strictly regulated by the government. "Price-fixing" is often considered a bad word in pro-capitalist circles, because it prevents the laws of supply and demand from working properly - but those laws don't really apply to healthcare. Demand is "sticky" and completely insensitive to price, because people will pay anything to not die.

[@nightowlorder2750]

​@@arthurwintersight7868And what if the PEFs bri--- ahem, I mean lobby -- the government to raise the price fixes? This won't solve anything. It won't even cut off a twig, only a leaf, from the rotten tree. We must tackle the problem at the very root: the elites running our government, the people who sit in Switzerland at the WEF, and the IMF, and other dirt. Such scum must be lined up against the wall and dispatched. Only that will solve the problem.

[@MoneyMaker-pu1rj]

Delay ,Deny , Depose.

[@bumblebootwiddletoes5185]

1. We must ban private equity from the entire healthcare industry. 2. We need to strictly regulate the corporate structuring & modeling of all private equity firms.

[@meahdahlgren6537]

Right

[@mikkosimonen]

"We must ban private equity" and you can stop there, you've said enough.

[@josephwolf7552]

If I may add Private equity can be sued for patent death and harm

[@GravaticBurst]

They own the government not gonna happen

[@serafinacosta7118]

@@josephwolf7552 interesting. Perhaps some class action lawsuits would be in order. I presume , in such a case, one group needs to have a common claim. Or a number of related claims that result from deliberate poor health care delivery from the same facility. Since most of these takeover buccaneers work with other people’s money , it is likely they would rather drive the hospital through unsolvency to shield away behind bankrupcy laws. In an ideal perfect world setting , then hospitals would be picked up in bankrupcy court by practitioners themselves at pennys on the dollar. Nothing is sweeter than drive a billionaire to the poorhouse. That is the only language they understand.

[@gamtngirl3655]

Thank you, More Perfect Union. Bringing out this darkness is profoundly important to getting rid of it.

[@aurora.the.explorer]

PLEASE understand how powerless doctors and nurses are in this struggle. And as an emergency doctor I feel the need to highlight Healthcare Corporation of America, or HCA, as a major offender in this. They basically own Florida healthcare at this point, and they absolutely handcuff doctors forcing for-profit medical decisions on us. It's despicable.

[@MsRotorwings]

Like what?

[@darkwing3713]

Non-profit hospitals aren't much better. A doctor told a friend of mine they would "save her life" when she was in the ER. They would do tests and send her to a teaching hospital if they couldn't help her. She believed him and refused hospice. They did one random test and then he went off duty. She asked him about sending her to the other hospital and he said "oh I'm always saying things like that." Then another doctor threw her out and we had a heck of a time getting her home. She fell over and over. She died about a month later with no diagnosis.

[@Here4TheHeckOfIt]

It must be disheartening to be a doctor or nurse these days, especially for those shitheads. I've heard of the nightmare that is HCA.

[@jeffalvich9434]

No you got exactly what you as a voter asked for in the state of Florida. To say that you as a doctor or nurse have no choice operationally is well, bullpucky. You can certainly report the negligent care or operation, the financial fraud, but you have to be willing to risk you job and ability to obtain future employment. Which as you have said, you're not, as a profession, willing to step forward with evidence and testify against your peers...... Ya know, the doctors who run the hospital. Corrupt owners still and will always need corrupt managers, supervisors, accountants, to achieve their goals. Denying your contribution to this creation is simply, me first. Be careful what you ask for, you just may get it.

[@beeinthehive]

What the hell is that guy talking about by saying it was like a "communist takeover"? Fool. It was closer to being communist before it was privatized, which is *capitalism.*

[@grmpEqweer]

Yes. But that's the way people who get their ***programming*** from Fox "News" think. ☹️

[@beeinthehive]

@@grmpEqweer Nothing but brainwashed servants.

[@andikraiz]

a prime example that the propaganda is working. people don’t understand what they believe.

[@beeinthehive]

@@andikraiz Sad, but true. They're so worried about the tactics and strategy within 1984 being about communism that they didn't notice it's their capitalism doing it.

[@atomic66]

Yes, people really have no idea what "communism" actually means.

[@bizzmoneyb]

if you have Health Insurance, THEY should NEVER decide ANYTHING!! Congress should pass a Bill that ANY tests, procedures, medications, devices, etc that your DOCTOR orders IS COVERED!

[@noxnc]

That’s a bad idea. The fraud will be rampant, the insurance company will be on the verge of bankruptcy in no time, they will screw over the patients with higher premiums and mass denials, litigation and dropped coverage to save themselves.

[@GravaticBurst]

Corporations own the government not gonna happen.

[@karlabritfeld7104]

But they won't. Most of Congress is in the pockets of the corporations

[@bluetheta]

Unfortunately Congress is "owned" by these corporations through the legalized bribery scheme called "campaign donations" (through 20 layers of LLCs and PACs of course). War is the only option - not against the Government but against high society; until then you might as well leave your ballot blank (FYI: That is a VALID CHOICE - you are counted as at the poll but not voted for that office, great against an unopposed incumbent who don't care).

[@ffvbnbvxdvhggb]

"it really started to feel like a communist takeover" is a really darkly funny line considering that it is just flatly describing a capitalist takeover

[@TheDizzieC]

"ask an anticom what they hate about communism and they will always describe capitalism."

[@underground868]

'Communist takeover' Lol Vietnam and China both have govt subsidized healthcare

[@grmpEqweer]

@@TheDizzieC I'm going to remember that, and try to make use of it.

[@par3me]

Because we all know the wealthy travel to communist countries for their top notch health care. Fact: True capitalism creates better products and services for less money than any other system. This video doesn’t show true capitalism. It’s corruption. There is a difference. Are you aware of Cuban health care? Venezuela? I know you’re taught socialism and communism is good. But don’t they teach you how any of it actually works?

[@par3me]

@@TheDizzieC Not the case. I’m a capitalist and hate communism because I believe I can run my business better than the government. Have you ever been in a DMV? VA? Or any other government ram “business”? When you can’t get fired or loose your job. When the consumers have no other options. How could the products and services get better or ever cost less?? They can’t. You’re more then welcome to draw any links. I’m assuming this comes from a confusion regarding the differences between the two.

[@ammerk]

Thank you for exposing what is happening at the hospital in Wilson. I wouldn’t even want my dog treated there.

[@michah321]

I'd almost never let my dog stay over night in a veterinary hospital, and I'd never leave a loved one more than 12 hours max alone in a hospital. Everything is about profit, not building a profitable, productive, quality institution for healthcare

[@meahdahlgren6537]

​@@michah321 sad

[@montanacrone8984]

That is Capitalism, not communism. Greed over the mission. We Americans should be ashamed.

[@jessicamariabelmes1622]

WHITE HOUSE IS A PRIVATELY OWNED CORPORATION N THEIR MAIN GOALS IS TO MAKE BUSINESS .WE FUND THIS CORPORATION WITH OUR TAXES PROPERTY N INCOME TAXES..Mark kishon Christopher hes a chief federal POSTAL post JUDGE on planet earth educated 4.3 billions students all around the world n he told them not to pay income n property taxes to this PRIVATELY OWNED corporation. THEY USED OUR TAXES TO MAKE BUSINESS.

[@blatantanarchist]

I live in a major city and my PCP told me years ago that he answers to the insurance company. I asked what about me, the patient? He said unfortunately, the insurance company dictates what can and cannot be treated at each visit. One issue per visit.

[@amitsharma-ec2hu]

I worked at that hospital for almost 5 years and it’s a mess! I reported few incidences of wrongdoings to the CMO and it was brushed under the carpet! The hospital is understaffed for sure and won’t hire more to save on salaries etc. Physicians and nurses are stretched to the limit because of high census. The administration is hawkish!

[@Anonymous-vf1mq]

The hospital will only get better if the CMO leaves and obviously the administration which supports him. That guy is a piece of art. Sad to see that happen to a great town which has a great potential and seeing an amazing growth. We need the system to work which will only happen if the admin leaves. God bless America.

[@beeinthehive]

This happened in my small city. Privatizing will NEVER put anything over profits.

[@grmpEqweer]

I get healthcare from Harris Health. It's a state and federally funded hospital system in this county for poor residents. It's creaky, slow, and imperfect. However, it's better than for-profit care. That's right, I get socialist medicine. It's a big part of why I'm alive. For-profit healthcare is not a workable model.

[@beeinthehive]

If whomever replied can read this, KZbin let me see a reply but not what it is.

[@beeinthehive]

@@grmpEqweer Ah, now I see your comment. Yeah, it's like when cappies claim a person has to wait for hip replacements longer in places with socialized medicine, yet it never seems to bother them that it's better to have to wait for it than to never be able to afford it at all.

[@par3me]

This is corruption, not capitalism.

[@par3me]

@@beeinthehive unless you die. Wonder why so many fly from Canada to Arizona for their health care…. 🧐 I’m sure they just spend all the money to fly, stay and come out of pocket for health care in another country. All while having “free” health care. Just cause. If you actually look into Canadas health care. Their own analyst show it’s not sustainable and getting more expensive why producing less. Who could have ever seen this math equation coming? Capitalist.

[@rgzhaffie]

This is what you get combining "private equity" vultures with rural hospitals devoid of any unionized workforce capable of putting up any resistance against their depredations.

[@tylermane77]

I used to work in local media in my area, and covered the controversies of the local hospital. It was horrific. A desolate place that was nothing but understaffed and for-profit.

[@Mark-zu6oz]

Our two local hospitals were bought out recently. The decline in care can be seen everywhere. It takes 30 minutes or more to get a response when you call for a nurse. Also, services are reduced or eliminated over the objections of the local community. As someone who has worked in the medical industry his entire career, I can remember the first big budget cuts and the introduction of the "Do more with less" mantra. It's been downhill ever since.

[@jrsnc123]

Wow. My wife has worked there for the last number of years and the bullshit she and her co-workers have to deal with from a management standpoint would curl your hair.

[@michaeld4861]

This is horrific. An utterly dystopian nightmare. Medical care should not ever be for profit.

[@alexlifeson8946]

It should be universal, and federalized, like other more 1st world countries

[@karlabritfeld7104]

Do you live in the USA? You know it's been this way forever.

[@Here4TheHeckOfIt]

​@@karlabritfeld7104 No. The quality of care is non existent these days. I know you love your country, but you have to be willing to look at the truth to help it function at it's best. Healthcare here sucks for a lot of people

[@traceyrychewhite1874]

This Country is getting too out of hand criminally. The large corporations run everything. One thing is for sure, they want us dead. This is heartbreaking 💔.

[@jamesmoses6092]

Amen to that 🥵

[@karlabritfeld7104]

True

[@davidconner-shover51]

Not before extracting every cent they can from you

[@browneyedtwin1111]

But who will be their corporate slaves if we all die? This is sickening.

[@linettewhite2122]

Yes even the president of the United States 🇺🇸

[@elonmusksellssnakeoil1744]

"communist takeover". My brother in Christ, you are *LITERALLY* describing a _capitalist_ takeover.

[@davidallamericananarchist9220]

This is what a *capitalist* takeover feels like, I live in rural Maine and I couldn't imagine any corporate healthcare provider being *worse* than Northern lights, but the bottom is a lie I guess...

[@op3129]

yeah, that caught my attention. (how far down the rabbit hole is a DOCTOR who conflates end-stage capitalism with communism?)

[@kendallsmith1458]

@@op3129 It must be the 'liberals'

[@Kittymancer78]

Lol, I love the way you put it.

[@DrKevinLowe]

Wilson Medical Center is a symptom of a broken system that allows this situation to develop in the first place. It is a countrywide system that needs urgent repair.

[@deelee4639]

How do we combat corruption when its in everything ?

[@nyxskids]

Ideally, make our own community systems outside capitalism but realistically we'd also need to prepare to get arrested for it because the police aren't there for the public, they're there for the corporations and their owners. Challenging that will be hard, winning will have a high cost now but would be better for humanity

[@deelee4639]

@@nyxskids sounds like a plan. Resist capitalism when u can

[@underground868]

Vietnam, China, Algeria, Denmark, Germany, Egypt, Switzerland, Japan, Botswana, Greece, Kuwait, Croatia, Belarus, France, Austria all have Universal Healthcare. The United States must get in line with the rest of these countries PERIOD

[@beeinthehive]

Virtually every country *but* the US.

[@gardensofthegods]

Here in America some people end up losing everything because of catastrophic health . I've known others who had to stay living in poverty just so they could have health insurance

[@beeinthehive]

@@gardensofthegods Yep. It's the number one cause of bankruptcy in the US, and it also happens to be they only thing that declaring bankruptcy won't cover.

[@Kaymeron]

but they don't want no commie takeover...They'd rather die. Wish granted. Next...

[@serafinacosta7118]

You forgot Brazil to that list. There is public hearth care and private health care.

[@MP_001]

my mom worked there. she was a server and she said that flies constantly surround the food and that service alarms were going off but no one reponded.

[@elwheelbarger5211]

Where is the Health Department? I don’t believe I would ever go there for a medical problem.

[@bizzmoneyb]

people and medical needs should never be in a "For Profit" system like we are. We spend the MOST in the WORLD on Healthcare and its a mess! We could provide Universal Healthcare and spend half of what we do!

[@elwheelbarger5211]

I can understand how you feel my mother was in a hospital in a small town in NC, she was under some sort of medication fell out of bed, when someone was to be close watching her, she broke her hip and nothing was done until the x-ray technician came in later the next morning. Hospitals should be all about keeping the patient safe and working towards the trip home. A lot of hospitals act as if they don’t care for the patients. I’m so sorry about you losing your father, he was way to young.

[@meahdahlgren6537]

Sad

[@BlueBearOne]

Wilson? This is happening *EVERYWHERE*. The U.S. medical system isn't broken. It is working *exactly* as designed. It just isn't designed for the patients.

[@nickbowen1143]

Big shout out to Nash General Hospital!!! From the Ladies that checked me in to Nurses Jenny and Keith; Dr. Bowers and PA Beth!!! The most professional and caring group of people!!! Not trying to bash anyone! But last Sunday night I went to Wilson Medical Center for a severe nose bleed and waited three hours BTW I told the triage nurse I had a history of a stroke and I was a type1 diabetic was never seen by a PA or a Dr.!!! I left and by the time I left the bleeding had stopped!!! It happened again Thanksgiving night!!! I woke my wife and told her to take me to Nash General!!! We were admitted and seen and discharged in a hour and fifteen minutes!!! This included cauterizing my nose and an examination of my sinuses!!! I am a big supporter of Wilson but our hospital facilities need a lot of work!!! I left feeling that these people really cared!!!

[@GenerationX1984]

Privitization makes everything worse. They privatized the hospital and are surprised that it turned into a greedy shit show?

[@anthonymarquez6493]

As an RN who has traveled the county and worked at many different types of hospitals that are nonprofit and for profit there exists an astonishing difference in care between the different hospital systems. Nonprofit hospital systems arent all that differently run from forprofit hospitals and it affects the patients and even staffs ability to provide care.

[@daze4341]

The whole system , especially since staffing regulations and requirements got downgraded " due to cofid " , corporate will staff bare minimum and send staff home ie 4 aides show up to work , reg says they can now get away with 3 instead of the previous 4 , so they'll send someone home to make a buck.

[@cjr8042]

I worked for a LifePoint hospital in the accounting department. It was once a community hospital but quickly the sole focus was maximizing profit in any way possible. The experience made me so mentally sick and sad.

[@rebeccamartin2399]

The Wilson in Sidney, OH is the same. They sent a guy home who cut his fingers off till the doctor would be there the following week. He could have bleed to death if his wife had not insisted on going to a hospital in another city. My husband worked with him.

[@elwheelbarger5211]

Now that is terrible and very uncalled for! They shouldn’t even be open to take care of patients.

[@aljoespino1]

Private Equity firms to be regulated and finances closely scrutinized.

[@beeinthehive]

That doesn't go far enough, especially since those places "donate" (AKA legalized bribery) to government officials. We need real changes.

[@xlr84XC]

It’s so sad. Certain services need to be left alone and managed to avoid having them get out of hand in terms of spending. These include things like healthcare and associated businesses (pharmaceuticals and devices and and and), education, infrastructure maintenance like roads and parks, and the mail system. The problem is everyone screams communism and “they do a bad job” when they are not privatized. And when they are privatized everyone literally gets shafted just like this. All because it becomes “communist” … such strong feelings leave us unable to think logically, and instead go with our feelings so we can be manipulated. That is how we got here. And our culture let them just … have it all!

[@courtneyeliza5614]

The public NEEDS TO KNOW! They need to open their eyes & ears to nurses & other staff at hospitals...the bottom line comes before their lives & it is an abomination! Government needs to so their jobs and create legislation for patient safety this is a public health issue!

[@MF-ty2zn1]

When Republicans say "small government " they mean removing laws to regulate private equity firms that prevent them from gouging consumers and giving them nothing in return. Healthcare should not be for profit businesses. Private equity firms are causing artificial inflation in real estate too. Our adult children cant buy homes competing with corporate cash.

[@alexlifeson8946]

As a retired nurse and a veteran, I escaped 20 years of private, FOR-profit hospital HELL. And it's NOT just Wilson. It's ALL hospitals to a degree. As a patient, the VA is FAR better than private hospitals. I want all of you to understand something : there is NO such thing as a "non-profit" hospital. ALL private hospitals are FOR profit. That means CUTTING expenses everywhere they can. That means CUTTING your care. I've been fired over a dozen times for putting PATIENTS above hospital profits. I only wish I could've helped protect more of my patients and their families from hospital budget cuts

[@rauxieswisdom3102]

Fast forward to Dec 22, 2022 And things are getting worse. I was hurt at work 5 months age. I haven’t had proper care since. I’m in Oklahoma

[@jamesmoses6092]

I am sorry, please go to Albuquerque now! 🙏

[@waynecampbell7609]

Americans are getting exactly the health care they deserve by continuing to elect politicians who pander to private for-profit interests. For my entire life the extreme right has insisted that the "market" will solve all the problems, when it's done nothing but make things worse. We continue to cling to a model that has failed everywhere it has been tried.

[@darknagaadventures7884]

short version: Education, Criminal Justice, Healthcare, and Elder Care should not be for profit, and PE firms need to be regulated into complying with every law, regulation, and guideline until they divest of these types of properties.

[@garnetrose6162]

America wants # Universal Health Care for ALL

[@meahdahlgren6537]

Right

[@einhornisaman2973]

After everything American government has done in just the last 25 years alone, now you want them to control healthcare? What could go wrong? 😂

[@whatsonhermindblog123]

Thank you for covering this!!!

[@CandycaneBeyond]

This is the problem with ALL hospitals. I spent 3 1/2 weeks in the hospital with my boyfriend during Covid. The fact that the hospital thinks it's normal for doctors not to be present but get paid for a 5 minute visit,nurses to work 12 hour days and stretched beyond belief. The hospital only had 2 respiratory specialists to administer inhaler meds and many times was missed. They are charging prices for A+ service but getting D-F class treatment. My boyfriend died as they tried to give him drug after drug to put him under to be intubated. They pushed the last one and killed him.

[@Here4TheHeckOfIt]

Damn. None of this seems troubling enough to stop it. Sorry for your loss, especially in this way. 💔

[@Educatedunhousedperson]

How do you describe capitalism and call it communism? Did y'all really have to leave the Red Scare propaganda in?

[@grmpEqweer]

It just demonstrates how propagandized people are in the USA.🤷🏻

[@andikraiz]

there should have been a disclaimer with that quote to educate people and not encourage misinformation. this channel should do something to fix that.

[@americanbobtail1]

Because communist takeovers at a nationalistic and regional level historically have been both authoritarian and draconian. This is what is going on at this hospital.

[@andikraiz]

@@americanbobtail1 okay… but the private equity groups that are taking over the hospitals(across the US) are a byproduct of capitalism since privatization is not a thing in communism. so how does what you say make sense in the context of this situation?

[@americanbobtail1]

@@andikraiz - Because at the end of the day the end the effect of both monopolistic and crony capitalism equals communism at a nationalistic and regional level since both of them are draconian and authoritarian for ordinary citizens who are being controlled by either the government or large corporations. Patients/Citizens lose their rights and are being controlled under these authoritarian and draconian measures. The way to combat this is regulation to not only get rid of current monopolistic crony and vulture capitalism, but also protect citizens/consumers rights. Just like the billionaires the heads of communist governments benefited from exploiting citizens rights and livelihoods.

[@Fred-F4]

Can someone publish a map/list of all private equity owned hospitals?

[@markfreeman4727]

why is private equity and related corporation allowed to buy industries they have neither the expertise nor the sense to be operating?

[@scottspa74]

I love what this channel is doing. Exactly what is needed after the collapse of the Gravel Institute. ❤👍

[@jeffk1482]

This is eerily familiar, with what has happened to Mission Hospital in AVL after HCA took over. Especially the part how the ER looks like a triage area in a war zone. That describes it exactly.

[@Mary-il6zz]

So true! I work in an ER and sometimes there are 70 to 100 people waiting to see a doctor. And I work in a nonprofit hospital. The system is broken!

[@rachaelb9164]

I’ve worked at for profit hospitals and clinics. They should be illegal and even the nonprofit hospitals should have a cap on how much CEO’s can make. This story is so sad because his death was preventable, likely being a direct result of massive understaffing of nurses.

[@shekharmoona544]

Many doctors offices and hospital buildings are owned by a real estate investment trust (REIT). Meaning you can purchase shares of it like any public stock. It's amazing to see who is on the board of directors of these establishments.

[@MorroWolf]

They are currently doing renovations on their gift shop boiiiiiii

[@TheDizzieC]

Everyone knows that the gift shop is the most important part of health..y Shopping!

[@rurome2151]

These are the people who fight against universal healthcare

[@xusmico187]

WOW an MD actually speaking out.

[@larnellthoms7338]

This has been going on for Decades.. and Yes it goes from the Nurses and Admin all the way up to management and ownership ... It's Terrible !!!

[@tomjiga9397]

In Wheeling West Virginia and surrounding areas Alero bought Ohio Valley Medical and everybody bent over to rebuild the parking garage ect and in 2 years closed and the campus is being torn down. They did this to a few more hospitals in this area. Criminals.

[@do9138]

Corporatized medicine is horrible. Patients aren't seen as patients. We're CUSTOMERS TO BE SCREWED OUT OF MONEY. Hospitals and other "healthcare" corporations cut staff so everyone is overworked. This isn't just rural communities. I live in Vegas where "healthcare" is 100% corporatized, and it's a joke. Doctors claim to hate this. But I don't see them doing anything about it. They CHOOSE to work for these corporations instead of opening a private practice BECAUSE THEY MAKE MORE MONEY IF THEY DO.

[@darkwing3713]

I had a doctor who worked for a healthcare company and she straight up lied to me. I got permanent injuries and had to be hospitalized because of lack of care. This company is supposed to be nonprofit but its obvious that giant profits is their only goal. They overcharge, bully people who can't pay, and won't refer outside of their organization.

[@ronbarnes687]

I lost two people their incompetent doctors. And they are trying to make the hospital better but forget about patient care.five to 6 hours in a waiting room for patients that come into ER.

[@OgdenM]

It's not just rural communities having this happen to them either. I live in Oregon in a major city and it's happening. One of the local major hospital chains is Providence a Non Profit and forever a very religiously ran organization and they just recently sold their Lab department to LapCorp... which is 100% for profit. I was just in the ER there today for something pretty minor but worrysome enough that I wanted to be in a hosp just incase they found something that would lead to me needing to be admitted.... and I'm pretty sure there was only ONE doctor in the ER the whole 4 hours I was there. He was exhausted and over worked. All of the staff were.

[@stewpacalypse7104]

I grew up in Wilson and went to school & church with the Farris's. They're good people so if Will says it's wrong then I know it's true. Keep up the good fight!

[@Kaymeron]

No thinking needed, right? "If mah buddeh sez it's rong then it's just plane rong". SMDH. So glad my family got out of NC.

[@russelljames5631]

It’s so funny to her someone say “it really started to feel like a communist takeover suddenly we had nothing” within a capitalist system lol. Not we are at the point where anything bad that happens under capitalism is considered communism and not the fault of capitalism.

[@lalah9481]

This looks like what happened at David Grant Medical Center on Travis AFB… did the last administration sell off or contract out our military health care centers???🤬 DGMC used to be a state of the art teaching hospital. Now, the beautiful new surgery suite isn’t being used as intended. Instead, they farm out the surgeries to community hospitals (where they’re already overwhelmed) because we no longer have the qualified staff or the specific specialty docs to perform some surgeries. DGMC is eerily quiet; empty rooms and little staff. They’ve even pushed the pharmacy out to other locations. They no longer have a pediatric department. It’s insanity to waste incredible infrastructure and teaching tools. For what? For profits. Not patient care. Military members no longer have the piece of mind that family members will be cared for while they serve. This puts our country at risk. It also puts patient care at risk. Greed kills.

[@bumblebootwiddletoes5185]

Liability must be universal and harsh.

[@Michelle-bn1fu]

I could understand how someone who went bankrupt over medical debt would want to depose a CEO

[@yes3443]

Private equity sucks

[@katiedid1851]

If we, at the bottom of this wealth-driven model don't start getting unionized, nothing will improve. We CAN start by (as a consumer) boycotting companies/products such as Cargill, Resnick, Amazon. May seem harsh but if we don't, things will just get worse for us. If you can, shop brick-and-mortar stores. Filter your own water and carry a BPA-free bottle instead of buying Fuji Water, etc.

[@TheYuhasz01]

Healthcare is a fundamental public service , not a for-profit enterprise. Focus on positive health and patients , not customers and revenues/profits. People over profits!

[@1m2rich]

One of the worlds largest senior communities in the Villages, FL the private or for profit hospital is ranked a 1 or 2. They deserve better.

[@tyrabjurman3584]

2:10 Literally calling capitalist corporation for communism. *They irony* Don't these people know what capitalism and communism is?

[@leannhorne8459]

I always had a sneaking suspicion about these guys. No corporation does anything for free, especially for the old people. We’ve really got to take our healthcare into our own hands. Go to the dentist for check ups & eat healthy. We’ll all be better not dealing with this quackery.

[@Here4TheHeckOfIt]

It's crazy to be fearful about this in your own country, especially since comparable countries aren't terrorized in this way

[@disabilityadvoc8]

Where do these corporate executives go for their health care?

[@Jon-xw9om]

Wherever their super yachts and private jets take them?😊

[@MorroWolf]

I legit was there last week fixing some shit in their mailroom.

[@zlpatriot11]

What's your story about your experience? Putting profit over people just scares me as a individual.

[@KittyPepperPhd]

Those people making money off that place are blood suckers. If there is a hell, they deserve it most.

[@davidhutchinson5233]

As soon as I heard "private equity" I knew things were going to get really f'd up. And the guy talkin about a communist takeover is clueless. Hospitals in the old USSR far outperformed US based healthcare. Lower infant mortality, more access, all of it.

[@markuse3472]

At 9:38 "...triage in a war zone, every single day" for patients. Imagine being in a war in that situation. Can't do it? Watch a movie where that takes place ("Pearl Harbor" 2001 when the Harbor gets hit and then the mess and chaos that ensues). Even though hospital patients are not under such disorder, their lives sometimes have the same risk of dying or being mistreated and placed in more danger.

[@Anonymous-vf1mq]

The hospital will only get better if the CMO leaves and obviously the administration which supports him. That guy is a piece of art. Sad to see that happen to a great town which has a great potential and seeing an amazing growth. We need the system to work which will only happen if the admin leaves. God bless America.

[@katiedid1851]

More 'private equity' crap. More profit-driven corporate greed, on the backs of the taxpayers and community.

[@mariagrenat6147]

The word private privitized or privatization always sends shivers down my spine.

[@aaronklein1490]

It was sad to hear that poor misinformed person comparing the situation to communism.

[@PeterPan54167]

To be fair there were and still are situations like this in Communist countries. China and North Korea have similar situations.

[@fmcg5364]

Private Equity model, good thing to remember when you are getting screwed. Thank You for all your work

[@breakingthechainusa1007]

My father was in Wilson hospital. The staff and nurses were nice but they had no doctors there. You just wait till you see a doctor and even though Medicare or insurance pays somethings they send you bills that insurance covers at other hospitals. I just sent my mom to ECU hospital and there are doctors everywhere there.

[@rdkuless]

And if you complain to the phone staff for not putting thru your request for medical care to the doctor, the woke management sends you a threatening letter accusing you of hurting the staff feelings and then without warning, they fire you and completely abandon you as a patient.. You not allowed to say, "hey, i need my insulin refills completed before i run out" they tell you, they put thru the request, but the doctors never see the refill request so you run out of life saving insulin.. You're not allowed to be frustrated with the lack of competence and the negligence of the staff on the phone. I went to my appointment, there are three floors of doctors at my clinic. 3 people behind the reception desk.. and all the patients are staged on ground floor lobby.. I sat for 2 hours waiting (they claimed they were behind schedule because of C... I was the only one in the lobby waiting to go up to any of the 3 floors.. I get upstairs , walk down the hall, with 10 exam rooms that were open and empty.. The doctors excuse for being 2 hours late, "we are overwhelmed with C patients.. BS... I was the only patient i saw that day and all the doctors, nurses were fully staffed.. They are completely exaggerating this C, at the patients expense..

[@op3129]

"woke" you're confused. your issue is with rapacious (end-stage) capitalism, not whatever definition you think is "woke." hope your diabetes helps you along your journey.

[@rdkuless]

​@@op3129 only a woke person would turn a general comment into a personal attack.. my health greatly improved since i changed from Allopathic doctors and went Naturopathic ... woke Utooob doesn't even want you using the word Naturopathic.. it says you are spelling is incorrectly... LOL This system is stacked against us all.. Hope you awake enough to realize the want all of us sick or dead. (D E P O P U L A T I O N A G E N D A)

[@op3129]

why do you think management was "woke"? also: define 'woke'

[@rdkuless]

@@op3129 They are hook line and sinker with the W H O.. they are woke..

[@elwheelbarger5211]

Terrific!

[@neliborba101]

Corruption and greed working together, that what this is all about.

[@Nathan0420]

Capitalism left unchecked turns to authoritarian rule fairly quickly !

[@louischestnut7290]

The incompetence in North Carolina is epic. .NC has a cap on what you can receive in malpractice claims.

[@boombot934]

America! I'm proud💪😊 of🍲😎🌎 you opened my eyes👀 to the atrocities you❤🤔 commit to your own people!

[@florencemcneil9124]

My name is Florence McNeil I know all about it they treated me like dirt

[@lysliepope3967]

I feel very little sympathy for these people because they routinely reelect Republicans who are destroying any safety net that would help these people.

[@PeterPan54167]

Politicians screw us all over, yours mine. Everyone. Most people who vote Republican vote because they like their guns and they see the democrats being just as corrupt as us. Also I didn’t see Pelosi or anybody on you side calling out for regulating private equity.

[@marieazrak1951]

I’ve never done things like tobacco cocaine, heroin, weed, anything like that I am not an alcoholic because I have a epilepsy. I don’t take any medicine unless it’s prescribed by my doctor for anything especially anxiety. Thank you.

[@DrMuFFinMan]

HCA did the same thing in Asheville, NC. This is just another step towards keeping poor indebted to stay alive.

[@peacefreedom4930]

Less than 3% of the hospitals might be actively in jeopardy but this is a nationwide problem. The modern business model is profits over people. That is not compatible with good healthcare. I don’t know why more hospitals haven’t been dinged. But they should be.

[@johnathanabrams8434]

THEIR PROFITS THEIR CHOICE HOW ELSE ARE RICH WHITE MEN GOING TO BUY THEIR DAUGHTERS THE BRAND NEW IPHONES ?

[@Lisa-r6u1w]

In Cleveland Ohio the mecca medical town i can't go to the e.r it's too expensive it will cost my a thousand even with insurance but if i was on medicaid it's the norm there's no incentive for those patients to go during office hours even tho it's not a real emergency, that makes no sense.

[@lynneconant3393]

Medicare for all!

[@Smarie39]

Private equity is bankrupting so much and so many companies

[@ShelleySorenson]

The hospitals keep their staff so low that it is impossible to take care of the patients adequately. But the nurse gets in trouble if things go wrong, not the hospital. The nurse does all the work, upper management makes all the money.

[@prashanthb6521]

I feel sad for the people of Wilson. Corporate greed is a continuance of feudalism. Its got to end.

[@elwheelbarger5211]

If at all possible patients should drive the extra miles and stop using that hospital.

[@garyeckel1656]

Wilson 131 staffed beds, 5,497 Total Discharges, 30,257 Patient Days, $695,328 Gross Patient Revenue. pretty close to the others. every hospital has bad numbers. deaths do occur. mistakes made by over worked nurses. remember doctors are practicing, if you have an issue get a lawyer.

[@RedSinter]

Basically their description of mining the Poor for the Wealth for the Equity Firm is basically the description of the Conservative Ideology. The "word" conservative is one of if not the oldest unchanged words in the English language. Its roots go back to the development of the Social Structure with the earliest being King, or Local Highest Religious leader, the Warrior, and the Surf. The leaders attitude was then as it is now wealth flows from the Bottom Up never from the Top Down (Hint this is the Bogus Model know as Trickle Down, as it never does and historically back to when conservative was coined it didn't work then either) Warning, this is Exactly the Model by which if allowed to come to main stream is what the Republican Party has in mind, It is also the basic Model of how their market Value Social Security Plan would ultimately work... Remember its a Dark Money Billionaires Club and You Ain't in it.

[@janeayre96]

If your husband is getting ready to retire…even if he only has social security and a small pension and you’re not 65, you will be without healthcare until you are 65 unless you can afford $500 a month for half assed policy on marketplace. If you underestimate your income even a few dollars, the federal gov will charge you over $1200 a month for your coverage, regardless of what you paid already. If you draw from your pension to pay those fed taxes, it counts toward your yearly income. The fed government robbed our tiny pension for nearly $30k in two years. Avoid marketplace insurance at all costs... I’m currently uninsured and waiting to die from possible parathyroid cancer because a healthcare policy is $1000 a month and our pension is almost empty. My blood calcium is 14.5 and I can’t swallow whole food but no one cares... I don’t qualify for Arizonas state healthcare because my husbands social security plus the money we drew from his pension to pay last years taxes puts us over the maximum income. We lost everything in 2008 and now I’ll die a preventable death at 60 because I can’t afford the tests or the surgery to save my life. One dr visit with an endocrinologist was $280. The surgery will cost $25k for the surgeon alone. We just went home and I made my peace with god.

[@callieg43]

A few years ago a friend mother told me as I visited her at Wil Med the late night nurse came in drunk