On Sun, 14 Jun 2009 21:48:24 -0500, "William Wixon"
wrote:


"Han" wrote in message
...

That is a refreshing point of view, and I would love to 100% support it.
However, hospitals and doctors need to be profitable, at least to the
extent they aren't losing money. To find the right balance between
reasonably profitable and not losing money is the problem, both from the
doctors' point of view and the patients'.


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Best regards
Han

i'm not an expert. i'm wondering why do hospitals need to be profitable?

Because unprofitable businesses don't stay around long.

just had a thought, when the government builds a road i don't think there's
any expectation it's going to turn a profit, it surely profits us all, and
it enables businesses to profit, but (non-toll, and probably a good many
toll) roads, i don't think, earn a profit.

Whew! a breath. Many cities own hospitals. Sometimes that even
works. The federal government has no business owning hospitals or
doctors (or insurance companies, banks, car manufacturers,...)


infrastructure. can't the
health of citizens, by some stretch of the imagination, be considered
"infrastructure"? or toward some common good?

Theft is a common good? Leftists sure think it is.