Medical breakthroughs mean cancer is less likely to kill, but survival can come at an extraordinary cost as patients drain savings, declare bankruptcy, or lose their homes, a KHN-NPR investigation finds.
This finance regime outright denies and rations medical interventions on the basis of poverty, race, ethnicity, and gender-then covers its tracks by offering no accounting of the health impact of its rules and procedures. At its core, our system is a machine dedicated to mitigating financial risk rather than patient risk of debilitating illness and premature death. It's long past time to correct this misbegotten set of priorities and biases.
"As the Mayor of Fresno, it is disappointing to learn that monies generated from services provided at Fresno Community Hospital have been and continue to be used to expand Clovis Community Hospital, especially when there is such a tremendous need in downtown Fresno. It’s not enough to have urban sprawl in our housing market. We now have sprawl with medical services."
Community Health Systems was the target of a significant drop in short interest during the month of August. As of August 15th, there was short interest totaling 7,490,000 shares, a drop of 42.1% from the July 31st total of 12,930,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 3,250,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.3 days. Approximately 6.0% of the shares of the stock are sold short.
Expensive stopgaps, including traveling nurses, caused hospitals' costs to rise. Staffing shortages have also left patients with longer waits for treatment or fewer providers to care for them.