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Originally Posted by the_neurotic_cat
I just can't see how healthcare could ever be profitable. There's a bottomless pit of demand for healthcare services, which is why we have waiting lists. If there's 'profit' being made then that, by definition means that someone somewhere went without treatment or insufficient treatment.
Profit and Healthcare are just incompatible. I'd rather have spending accountable to the ballot box than some distant anonymous bank manager.
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Actually i think the opposite is true.Healthcare is a money spinner ,from the drug companies ,insurance companies,suppliers of machinery,everything a hospital needs to operate is a cashcow for those involved .A private hospital will always make a healthy profit ,it's the NHS hospitals that lose out because they operate within a tight budget whilst having to cope with price rises from their suppliers