Show threadDocdanoAug 18, 2025

12/12 There's no excuse for taking $37.4 billion in taxpayer benefits while paying executives millions and destroying patients' financial lives.

What's your experience with hospital "charity care"?

Full investigation:
https://blog.rockettools.io/p/1ad2c8f1-920a-447e-9e67-6b6d55c391fa/

#HealthcareAccountability #CharityCare #MedicalDebt

The "Charity" Hospital Hoax

How nonprofit hospitals use tax-exempt status to profit off patients while hiding behind community benefit theater You walk into the emergency room, chest tight, scared something's wrong with your heart. Same white coats. Same compassionate nurses. Same reassuring words about getting you the best care. Then three months later, you

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Brittany TrangMar 26, 2024

Legally, nonprofit hospitals don't have to spend money on charity care/community investment

But since they aren't paying taxes to their communities...shouldn't they?

And should research, Medicare shortfall, and training residents count?

A new study says some hospitals fall far short on charitable spending, but hospitals called the study "flawed" and an "annual exercise in misinformation."

New @STAT:
https://www.statnews.com/2024/03/26/nonprofit-hospital-charity-care-spending-questioned/

#health #healthcare #medicine #hospitals #charitycare #nonprofit

Some nonprofit hospitals spend less on charity care than they receive in tax breaks, new analysis shows

A new study found 80% of 2,425 nonprofit hospitals spent less on charity care and community investment than they got in estimated tax breaks.

STAT