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effdubbs t1_jbc39ko wrote

Reply to Pennsylvania hospital wants to send woman in coma to Dominican Republic, against her family’s wishes by WITFnews

I’m very torn on this. The article doesn’t say of the woman is brain dead. If she is, that changes the conversation.

OTOH, corporate health care is repulsive. It doesn’t just affect this woman and her family and dramatic situations. It’s near impossible to get an appointment and communication has ground to a halt. This was done by business administrators, not the workers. However, the workers take ALL of the displeasure from patients. This case is just one example of how far we have strayed.

I don’t know the answer. Keeping this patient is costly and taking up a bed for another patient who may need it. I suspect she has neurological deficits, but isn’t brain dead. She’s probably stable from a vital signs standpoint, but requires skilled care due to brain damage. She’s too stable for hospital; too sick to be home. Sigh. Very sad.

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feels_like_arbys t1_jbc1jzb wrote

Reply to comment by Patiod in Pennsylvania hospital wants to send woman in coma to Dominican Republic, against her family’s wishes by WITFnews

I'd argue lvhn is making zero dollars on this case and judging from the article LVHN provided emergent brain surgery and 10 weeks of care.

If you were in another country and needed brain surgery. How many months of care would you seek to get without being asked to return home?

This is an all around unfortunate situation, but should we provide her emergency citizenship and provide her medicaid? I'm all for it but that's not lvhns role

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Patiod t1_jbc13xt wrote

Reply to comment by feels_like_arbys in Pennsylvania hospital wants to send woman in coma to Dominican Republic, against her family’s wishes by WITFnews

So where do you draw the line on where that should stop? A free lollipop? Free generic drugs? 1 day of treatment? 10? 100?

For-profit or not for profit, it is flat out immoral to view health care decisions based on profit opportunities, and it's flat-out immoral to judge whether to provide life-saving health care based on an ability to pay. And if you think it's a great way to make money and that a person should not get care if they don't cough up for it (or have someone paying for it) YOU are why this country is suffering from the late-stage effects of malignant capitalism.

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Airbornequalified t1_jbc0r57 wrote

Reply to comment by Patiod in Pennsylvania hospital wants to send woman in coma to Dominican Republic, against her family’s wishes by WITFnews

They do not pay them all. They do get tax benefits for being non-profit. But non-profit doesn’t mean charity. It means they basically can’t make profits, so if they made more in a year than they spent, they have to basically spend that money (such as for upgrades, or bonuses)

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