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Puzzledtraveller

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21. Actually most hospitals are not

Reply to Initech (Reply #18)

Sun Mar 17, 2013, 08:24 AM

Mar 2013

For example nearly every hospital in my city, and thinking about it I am certain it is every hospital in my city all had their beginnings a long time ago having been established as hospitals for the general public and founded and ran by the various church's, Catholic, Baptist and Jewish in the case of my city. It seems fair and probably allowed more people access at the time. This is obviously not true today yet many still are technically "non-profit". Which makes me wonder. What changed it? Certainly there are numerous factors, the modern times and all it entails being the most obvious difference but could it have been that medical insurance was not the industry back then as it is now. While we are at it, when did the medical insurance industry as we know it today begin?

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occupy offshoot buys million in random people's emergency room debt and forgives it [View all] Liberal_in_LA Mar 2013 OP

I give to this group. Love this. AllyCat Mar 2013 #1

Before you start digging for receipts, check the statue of limitations Merlot Mar 2013 #7

Thank you. That was my sense about this. AllyCat Mar 2013 #14

They are showing Congress the way, but Congress as always, is looking the OTHER sabrina 1 Mar 2013 #2

^^^This^^^ +1000000 n/t ljm2002 Mar 2013 #10

rec! SammyWinstonJack Mar 2013 #3

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Win Win colsohlibgal Mar 2013 #8

k&r liberal_at_heart Mar 2013 #9

What a wonderful group Le Taz Hot Mar 2013 #11

Taxes iangmac Mar 2013 #12

No!! That was a concern when they first started this AllyCat Mar 2013 #15

Do you have good info on that? Robb Mar 2013 #25

Yves Smith at Naked Capitalism argues the IRS issue is not resolved zazen Mar 2013 #27

RJ will owe gift tax. Robb Mar 2013 #33

This is precisely the link I was looking for, but it is on the Strike Debt website too. AllyCat Mar 2013 #29

CNN? Wow. At the start of Occupy they had a text line on screen reading "Massive rioting possible Fire Walk With Me Mar 2013 #13

Wish they'd buy some of mine FairyDust Mar 2013 #16

That's amazing sylvi Mar 2013 #17

Hospitals should not be for profit. Initech Mar 2013 #18

Actually most hospitals are not Puzzledtraveller Mar 2013 #21

Here's some of their sites. Join up and throw them some bucks if you have them! Egalitarian Thug Mar 2013 #19

Oh, that is brilliant. tanyev Mar 2013 #20

I love this sort of thing, people helping people Puzzledtraveller Mar 2013 #22

I really want to believe this group is legit. intheflow Mar 2013 #23

Go to the links and read the FAQ - all the questions you just asked are answered. Hestia Mar 2013 #26

I read the link on the OP. intheflow Mar 2013 #28

I'm not sure of the accounting, but why would someone come forward to thank them... AllyCat Mar 2013 #30

Maybe CNN would report it. intheflow Mar 2013 #31

there used to be something called a Jubilee, wherein all debts were forgiven annabanana Mar 2013 #24

some black churches do this. Pick a few people to pay off all their debts. Liberal_in_LA Mar 2013 #32