MissConstrueY'all. I have been digging into this whole #facilityfee #HospitalFee thing that doctors offices are now charging.
Apparently it's become common practice across all #medical specialties, and here, the Texas Hospital Association, a lobbying firm paid for by Hospital Corporations, has spent millions and millions of dollars making sure we keep paying it. Every state has their own lobbying firm.
The lobby argues that without outpatient fees, hospitals would close, despite somehow being able to operate *before* private equity got involved.
Let's look at #Baylor Scott White. A theoretically non-profit org. They have over 20 executives being paid millions a year in salary and bonus. They have ex-executives they're still paying a million+ a year.
I'm saying I'm pretty sure they could remove facility fees from outpatient offices and make the budget work by trimming some executive fat.
https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/463131350
For fairness, the THA: https://www.tha.org/issues/facility-fees/
Baylor Scott & White Health - Nonprofit Explorer
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