Everyone needs access to health care. But what if there were two types of hospitals: One type is more likely to harm than help patients, but patients tend not to notice because these hospitals are free and they’re easy to find. … 2/
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The other type typically offers good care, and it charges patients — not per visit, but per year. Suppose a patient wants to use a different doctor once or twice — maybe they’re out of town for a week, their local hospital doesn’t offer the service they need, or they just want a second opinion … 3/
jun 22, 2025, 9:18 pm • 0 0 • view
They have to pay for a whole year of service for each doctor they see. Practically everyone is going to choose a substandard hospital at least once in a while. When free hospitals are a dime a dozen, it’s hard for most people to justify “subscribing” to every doctor they want to access. … 4/
jun 22, 2025, 9:18 pm • 0 0 • view
If the people who ran the good hospitals were more concerned about making people healthy than about turning a profit, they’d find a way to make their higher-quality care more accessible. … 5/
jun 22, 2025, 9:19 pm • 0 0 • view
So what if there were a third option: nonprofit hospitals that offer good health care for free or for a very low price. … 6/
jun 22, 2025, 9:20 pm • 0 0 • view
You probably already use nonprofit news outlets that do good journalism and make it accessible to all. Corporations don’t because they care more about $ than about the public good. By putting up paywalls, they’re incentivizing people to engage with free garbage in lieu of quality journalism. 7/7
jun 22, 2025, 9:21 pm • 0 0 • view