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RE: https://newsie.social/@ProPublica/115678760670618588
Outstanding and eye-opening reporting by ProPublica -
"The reality is that hospitals are businesses, first and foremost.
It’s not the pharmaceutical industry that is most responsible for driving up the nation’s health care costs; it’s the hospital industry. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently reported that hospitals account for ~33% the $4.9 trillion the nation spends on health care. Retail and prescription drugs - only 9%."
https://fosstodon.org/@ProPublica@newsie.social/115678761391954395
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NEW: In a five-part series, “Sick in a Hospital Town,” ProPublica’s Ginger Thompson pursues the question:
Why are people in Albany, Georgia, so sick when its most powerful institution is a hospital?
Start with Part 1 here: https://projects.propublica.org/albany-georgia-hospital/part-one/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#Georgia #Health #Healthcare #Journalism #Hospital #Poverty #COVID