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Originally Posted by IllTestYourGirls
Of course not. Im not asking them to. There are other ways to fund and help those who can not pay than by the government doing it. Have faith in people like tony404 to fork up his money to help others without having the government make him do it. He is a good guy, I know he and millions of others would willingly give their money to hospitals in their area.
The hospitals could always find ways to fund those who can not pay. It is part of business.
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So then you are asking them to put in place a fund raising mechanisim that will allow them to raise money like a non-profit. There is nothing fundamentally wrong with that. most public hospitals are not for profit businesses anyway. But when you rely on donations you are almost always in a budget crisis. I have known several people in my life that worked for non-profits that worked only on donations and fund raising and all they ever talked about was having to hustle to get money. In the good times, things would work fine. But what about times like right now when people are scaling back. Most charities right now are feeling the squeeze. If the hospital doesn't get enough money from donations to keep running then what?
there is no easy answer to any of this. Maybe a combination of all of the above. Hell why not ask insurance companies that are making record profits right now to donate some of that money.