People are voting you down, but you make a great point.
It's especially apropos when you realize that many US states have massive gluts in hospital beds and more and more procedures that once required hospitalization are now outpatient, and private insurance makes it punitive in most cases to stay in a hospital for any length of time.
The money for these building binges is mostly from Medicare, which still allows hospitalization in more cases. The fact hospitals have sufficient funds to constantly build massive facilities is a signal that they are making too much money on Medicare. Particularly disturbing when you consider that Medicare is effectively a price floor for medical services.
It's especially apropos when you realize that many US states have massive gluts in hospital beds and more and more procedures that once required hospitalization are now outpatient, and private insurance makes it punitive in most cases to stay in a hospital for any length of time.
The money for these building binges is mostly from Medicare, which still allows hospitalization in more cases. The fact hospitals have sufficient funds to constantly build massive facilities is a signal that they are making too much money on Medicare. Particularly disturbing when you consider that Medicare is effectively a price floor for medical services.