A place that prioritizes profit over care has worse care service? Never would have guessed the outcome.
But they had better profits, so it’s worth it. Unless you’re sick or poor, in which case who cares
Not to worry! The competition of the elderly and terminal who are living there will allow them to just pack their bags and move to another place easily and without impact to their wellbeing because of their freedom of choice in this wonderful free market guided by the invisible hand
It’s almost like privatizing public services is, somehow, a bad idea. But, but, but… capitalism…
E: jokes aside. The findings in these studies, while obvious to some (possibly most) people, are extremely important. Feelings without supporting data, are just opinions. Feeling with supporting data, are facts. Because of this study, we now have facts to fight against further privatization of public services.
I don’t know, I’m starting to get the sneaking suspicion that “good” and “profitable” aren’t synonyms. It’s almost as if there is often a financial incentive to make things worse…
Right. Like they deliberately make good things into shit. I wish there was a good term for this phenomenon.
Greed.
No, no. Unabashed greed.
No, take it all the way. Fuck the little people to support my unabashed greed.
Enshittification. Coined by Cory Doctorow.
Haha yes, I know. I was kidding. Sorry.
It’s called “rent seeking.” Even if some ya sci-fi author tried to coin a new term, there is nothing new about this type of behavior.
hmm, if we follow the example like “desertification”, how about “shittification”?
I’m starting to get the sneaking suspicion that “good” and “profitable” aren’t synonyms.
They’re polar opposites.
Maybe one day there will be politicians with the balls to actually do something about it.
Quality, especially in a service like healthcare, often doesn’t mean profit. It’s all about “how low can i make my overhead costs to make my good/service just BARELY passable, then take it one step lower”.
You don’t need supporting data to understand businesses will do whatever will maximize profit.
This intrinsically means charging the most while providing the least.
Not to understand, no. But to fight it in a legal court, you need data and fact.
I’m shocked. Shocked!
Well, not that shocked.
Actually, we all saw this coming.
like we read the script a few dozen times before.
this is the part where we were supposed to be shocked, though. Hey everybody, gasp!
If you are surprised by this you probably have a poster of Ayn Rand on your wall.
Glad this was the top comment for me. Don’t need to scroll any further.
Capitalism ruins everything it touches.
Privatization is the biggest scam of the 20th and 21st centuries. It has ruined every service it’s touched and made them all more expensive. The exact opposite of what Neoliberal clowns keep telling us.
But Argentina thinks if they try it one more time…
Very few cultures are able to pass the United States.
Most of them just follow behind, like businesses copying Apple.
The United States is the poster child for what NOT to do with healthcare for the good of the population
Just a reminder that the point of researching the validity of things we intuitively know to be true is to provide the empirical data and expert analysis that can be used in, say, legal decisions or legislative processes.
Thanks Jerkface.
I hate comments that are like “duh, we fucking know! Thus XYZ report or research is a waste of time and money!”
empirical data … legislative processes.
Haha good one. The only data that matters to those in charge is what makes them more money, and the business friends more money and the lobbyists more money. Other data is basically irrelevant with the current asshiles that are in charge.
we should try getting to the point where common sense is applied before legislation is passed! that’d probably save some fucking money
The problem is that common sense is subjective.
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LMFAO, how could any source report this with a straight face. DUH.
Capitalisms goal is to max short-term profit at any and all expenses, including your lives, locations, and social fabric. Capitalism does and will continue to kill you for short-term non-sustainable profit.
Bruh, the point is literally to make money. Of course care will be compromised.
In other news, water is wet.
and bullshit reeks
It’s not even feelings… Their missions are diametrically opposed. Hippocratic oath vs returns to shareholders should be regulated
No fuckin shit.
The increases are seen in conditions or outcomes deemed preventable and are key measures of hospital safety and quality.
But not profit. If these hospitals were paid based on decreasing preventable conditions we’d all be much better off.
Right now coming into a hospital twice is more profitable than coming into a hospital once. If we (insurance) paid based on minimizing visits then both hospital safety and quality would increase.
That isn’t to say it’s perfect. Corporations will always find loop-holes in the name of profit, but it would be a good first step. (Assuming we’re going to have for-profit hospitals at all, which is the real mistake.)
Staff gets hours cut -> Less antimicrobial stewardship
-> Rise in infections -> :O
