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Hospital CEO Pay Not Most Evil Thing

(But not for the reason you might think.)

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Libby Watson
Feb 14, 2022
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One of the great paradoxes of American healthcare is that the most profitable hospitals are nonprofits. These tax-exempt institutions make up most of the biggest names in American medicine, like Mayo and Cleveland Clinic; they’re also often the most aggressive when it comes to suing patients for unpaid bills, and their…

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