The Greediest 'Non-Profit' Hospital in America

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  • @CaliNic30
    @CaliNic30 ปีที่แล้ว +1002

    "Non-profit" hospitals have adopted the "For-profit" model and they are able to do it because of how the laws were written by the lobbyists.

    • @brianh9358
      @brianh9358 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      Well let's be honest, many charities are not actually charities anymore. Look into Goodwill industries for example, or just about any mega-church and you will find them to be extremely profitable.

    • @ComradeRagdoll
      @ComradeRagdoll ปีที่แล้ว +26

      @@brianh9358 See!
      this is why “NonProfit” and “Charities” are MEANINGLESS now!

    • @BluePatriotWinner
      @BluePatriotWinner ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Non profits are wolves in sheep clothing. Original laws regarding them need to be OVERHAULED!

    • @ComradeRagdoll
      @ComradeRagdoll ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@BluePatriotWinner I don’t think it would be possible under Capitalism, because the Game is Rigged from the start!

    • @samtime2711
      @samtime2711 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      ​@ComradeRagdoll under pure capitalism maybe , but under mix economic it could work out, the trick may lay in having this non for profit file a report detailing, where ever dollars goes and these reports be publice record.

  • @cindymar1606
    @cindymar1606 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +62

    U got me at “charity organizations don’t pay taxes” I can only imagine how more money they’re making under the table

    • @jschuler53
      @jschuler53 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Good point. I am an artist and I mention that bc owning art is a way under the table, if for example you buy from me I don't have to report taxes. But I'm talking about selling one o two painting a year at about #1,000 so 17 cents an hour is ok by me. LOL. The larger more popular art world if full of fraudulent schemes to hide assets in the
      proposed value of the painting, which is unregulated and highly subjective. I didn't realize when I was a young teen loving to draw that it would draw me into this nefarious world where the quality and integrity of product is not the thing, it
      something entirely different. It's about are you going to make art history and your Warhol prices will go up with or without you? It's about you promising to crank out a product that is now called art. It's about Chisties auction houses and what the latest historical price for a banana with duck tape went for? It's a crazy completely unregulated biz. It's better than unregulated, there really are none except you're suppose to report any valuables over 10K to the IRS, but who does that. let alone buy a painting for $50 mil.? tax free. Tax haven.Ya know someone who can move this painting is almost exactly the same as, where can I get some meth? The only difference, perhaps, is one lives on Park Ave and the other in the South Bronx.

  • @KC-Mitch
    @KC-Mitch ปีที่แล้ว +1932

    "The Amazon of healthcare" sounds like one of the most dystopian sentences I've ever heard.

    • @GenXamerica
      @GenXamerica ปีที่แล้ว +54

      It certainly describes the quality of healthcare today.

    • @kiwibonsai2355
      @kiwibonsai2355 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      Bring your own bottle as restrooms are an expense we won't cover. 🙄

    • @runed0s86
      @runed0s86 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Amazon has a health insurance plan already... Hopefully they compete with the overpriced crap!
      Who am I kidding, price fixing has already happened.

    • @C_Godsell
      @C_Godsell ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Agreed

    • @sydfork
      @sydfork ปีที่แล้ว +12

      right like the way he said that without batting an eye…. guillotine immediately 😵‍💫

  • @PeterNielson
    @PeterNielson ปีที่แล้ว +856

    Not having a public healthcare system in our country is already insane, but "company towning" it too is absurdly evil

    • @christinagore-dj3dq
      @christinagore-dj3dq ปีที่แล้ว +69

      Being indebted to your employer is the nightmare that our predecessors fought to escape from and corporations are doing everything in their power to bring it back

    • @feelinghealing3890
      @feelinghealing3890 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      @@christinagore-dj3dq Unions were the alternative to dragging the bosses family out onto the street and shooting them, they either work to prevent the need to do that or they dont.

    • @Reliford
      @Reliford ปีที่แล้ว +12

      ​@@feelinghealing3890Not many left that even remember or was told that's a thing. Nowadays everyone would die to protect that Boss's family while being fucked over by them.

    • @chrisnolan7423
      @chrisnolan7423 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @peter- While I agree the abuse of the tax code is absolutely crazy but national healthcare has been proven that it isn't the whole answer either as the UK struggles to hire enough healthcare workers Canada's system was shown to be to small cut COVID so maybe it a compromise is in the order.

    • @artenman
      @artenman ปีที่แล้ว +4

      That's because this isn't a socialist society sweetie.

  • @kentrzacherl
    @kentrzacherl ปีที่แล้ว +946

    UPMC is so evil. They move into small areas, aggressively expand, and ruin local care.

    • @ekki1993
      @ekki1993 ปีที่แล้ว +74

      Which is yet another reason why free state-funded healthcare is so important. Private healthcare is forced into reasonable prices.

    • @shionyr
      @shionyr ปีที่แล้ว +16

      If you want medical care, CHI Franciscan is now the only hospital game in town for non-military patients. They've also expanded into clinic and primary care. It's a shame because their billing department and customer service are absolutely horrific, and I can't threaten to leave and go to a competitor because there aren't any.

    • @AnonymousAnarchist2
      @AnonymousAnarchist2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      ​@shionyr tell me about it, I had a darn covid stroke, MRI, CT scan etc, and my total cost with CHI Franciscan was under a grand.
      and it took months of weekly phonecalls just to get my bill and finally make the payment almost a year later.
      meanwhile they tried to bill me for an auto accident for half a year *after* the check was delivered by my auto insurance, but they hadn't cashed it.
      On the other hand thier care was top notch. Sadly, I do not live anywhere near any of thier hospitals anymore.
      Although this does make budgeting easier, I simply have no cash to spend at all.

    • @JohnForTheWin
      @JohnForTheWin ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Everyone deserves the freedom to buy health insurance. If you can't afford healthcare then that equates to society not valuing what you contribute to society. You don't have money because no one gives you money because you don't do anything useful.

    • @kentrzacherl
      @kentrzacherl ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@JohnForTheWin healthcare is a right not a privilege. It doesn't matter what you "contribute to society" everyone deserves healthcare. Saying someone doesn't contribute enough to afford or deserve access to healthcare is elitist and gross.

  • @daniellanctot6548
    @daniellanctot6548 ปีที่แล้ว +183

    *_When Charity becomes a Business, then there is no such thing as Charity anymore_*

  • @OneAdam12Adam
    @OneAdam12Adam ปีที่แล้ว +341

    I'm embarrassed that UPMC is even remotely connected to the University of Pittsburgh. Shame on them!

    • @r.pres.4121
      @r.pres.4121 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Well they now make Pittsburgh’s tallest building their corporate headquarters. I wouldn’t be surprised if UPMC ends up owning that 64 story office tower.

    • @KBTadieh
      @KBTadieh 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Well I have news for you then because MOST universities in America are a part of the problem. They’re in bed with the crooks

    • @jschuler53
      @jschuler53 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@r.pres.4121 I used to work for Pitt so I had to get UPMC insurance and it was good at the time. Although a little too good. If you have a surgery EVERYONE wants a piece of you. PTs. Occulational therapists????? I kept wondering why are they visiting me? I have a good job, I think, or do I...you guys are in charge.

  • @kimberlybaldridge5767
    @kimberlybaldridge5767 ปีที่แล้ว +161

    The salaries of those CEO's are absurd. This whole thing is a shame.

    • @punothebear
      @punothebear ปีที่แล้ว +6

      CEOs are often sitting on other Boards of Directors. Some of those Directors sit on their CEOs Boards. They all scratch each other's backs.

    • @juresichj
      @juresichj ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I really do not understand why any CEO needs to make more than the President of the United States.

    • @punothebear
      @punothebear ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@juresichj Many of the CEOs salaries are obscene. Their Boards of Directors decide the salaries and other goodies simply because they can. The Directors also get big salaries and bonuses. College football coaches and professional athletes all get paid more than the President of the United States. Evidently, you get what you pay for.

    • @juresichj
      @juresichj ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@punothebear No, you get what you are able to extort, or what your buddies collude to provide. Power corrupts.

    • @ForeverFlower
      @ForeverFlower 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@punothebearI’m curious, what is your take on your comment now given the current circumstances?

  • @ninehundreddollarluxuryyac5958
    @ninehundreddollarluxuryyac5958 ปีที่แล้ว +276

    Healthcare is devolving into monopolies that squeeze employees at one end because they are the only place you can work, so no competition you could go to for better pay. They squeeze patients for higher fees because there is no place else for them to go for a better price either. And all the money goes to multimillion executive pay. Which is why we need to nationalise healthcare. Retrain the army of clerks who fill out insurance forms and give them skills that help people.

    • @GenXamerica
      @GenXamerica ปีที่แล้ว

      You think healthcare is bad now….. just get the government involved it’s sure to be much worse. They are already overloaded in clinics and hospitals with people that won’t pay and are not even citizens.

    • @katydid5088
      @katydid5088 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I don't disagree. But also remember some of the people doing insurance filing are ones who can't do what they planned to do in the medical field. I know more than 1 nurse or nurses aide that wrecked their bodies providing nurses care and now billing, legal, and insurance handling is how they earn an income. You won't actually decrease the operational staff as all claims,Bill's, and care has to be allocated and paid for under a single system. In, for example, Britain people take the NGS for granted and systemic underfunding has meant patient quality of care, access to providers, and reinvestment and development is stymied by the bureaucratic process and limitations of balancing care and research. A model more akin to Singapore is what I can see overcoming America's healthcare challenges. While it still means the rich pay more, there are limits to provider salary but also kick backs in research, personal committment to health, and overall funding development and planning which means Singapore and Germany and Switzerland don't have morbidly obese people with lower education, poorer outcomes from seeking healthcare, and generalized access to standard care for emergencies and life long care needs. The NHS is great but it is not as bullet proof or as well thought out financially and interpersonal as some sort of individual health insurance with minimum income and mandatory coverage guidelines. Systemically if there are fewer insurance providers and more people paying into th he system with administrative costs kept at a living wage, then things are equal and people will recieve the care they need.

    • @kelli_1652
      @kelli_1652 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@L05-td6qm Monopolies are an issue, deregulating it will result in even more monopolies. Without competition, prices surge.

    • @winterinbloom
      @winterinbloom ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@L05-td6qmExcellent idea if you want a disaster of epic proportions the likes of which you can't even imagine.

    • @Obbij
      @Obbij ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@L05-td6qm free markets in the health industry is how we got to where we are now in the first place

  • @Paelidore
    @Paelidore ปีที่แล้ว +155

    As someone who's worked in multiple parts of healthcare, it truly sickens me how much of your healthcare has caved to greed and sociopathy instead of care and healing.

    • @genuineappeal3458
      @genuineappeal3458 ปีที่แล้ว

      Mafia went legit in Canada and entered health care systems ... Mafia is still being rewarded for turning Italy on itself in WWII

  • @umj199
    @umj199 ปีที่แล้ว +520

    America's health system is SICK! Insurance and hospital executives profiting off humans health should be illegal. There should be limit, and any excess profit should be reinvested to the health system. It's despicable that the benefits from all the effort put into medical advancement is blocked behind an unnecessary paywall for most US citizens.

    • @GravaticBurst
      @GravaticBurst ปีที่แล้ว +42

      It was illegal until bribes...er I meant political financial campaign contributions were made to the law makers. Corporations own the government.

    • @nil981
      @nil981 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Why even run healthcare for profit? Afaik healthcare should be a basic human right.

    • @kenfern2259
      @kenfern2259 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@nil981 American would be saying its communism , oh no my tax money is going to raise

    • @coop5329
      @coop5329 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      That's what happens when the govt. refuses to enforce it's own anti-monopoly laws for 40 years.

    • @ComradeRagdoll
      @ComradeRagdoll ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@GravaticBurst THAT’S Capitalism; UnFortunately!

  • @Theravadinbuto
    @Theravadinbuto ปีที่แล้ว +63

    No executive at a charity should earn more than 10 times the lowest paid worker. That UPMC CEO is a parasite, pure and simple

    • @mbagirl9567
      @mbagirl9567 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Yes! This! 1000x!!!

    • @sharonhines3476
      @sharonhines3476 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Non-profit and charity are two different things. Non-profit is a tax avoidance policy that in no way requires a entity to operate as a charity. As long as they use up all the money they get, even if it goes to executive pay and investors, they can call themselves non-profit. Charities actually have to use some of the money for charity.

    • @jared_per
      @jared_per 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I'd extend this concept beyond charities too into for-profit businesses.

    • @stoke777
      @stoke777 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      It used to be that way.

  • @chris2746
    @chris2746 ปีที่แล้ว +339

    A family member needed a surgery, and it didn't go great, but the hospital had the gall to constantly solicit us to make donations to the hospital despite us paying our bills

    • @thexalon
      @thexalon ปีที่แล้ว +37

      Well, if you paid your bills, obviously you had money the hospital didn't, so they needed to try to acquire it by whatever means they could without providing you any services. Duh!

    • @VeracityLH
      @VeracityLH ปีที่แล้ว +23

      That reminds me of Morton's Fork, A taxing practice in 15th century England. If you looked wealthy obviously you could pay the king; if you didn't look wealthy you obviously had saved your money so you could pay the king. Either way, they were going to get your money.

    • @karlabritfeld7104
      @karlabritfeld7104 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      That's the USA system for ya

    • @rodneycaupp5962
      @rodneycaupp5962 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I NEVER give a Dime to Children's Hospitals of America. The Pigs permanently disabled my only Child. AS a Credentialed Practitioner, They killed to many of My Patients... enough said.

    • @rodneycaupp5962
      @rodneycaupp5962 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Insurance Companies and Doctors at HOSPITALS are all in the Cash register Medicine together. US Government, proves this information by allowing it

  • @roamaroundgisg7362
    @roamaroundgisg7362 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    Non-profit that becomes for Profit must be taxed.

  • @PentaRaus
    @PentaRaus ปีที่แล้ว +120

    The whole system is a giant con, and the working man is the mark.

  • @agoodshay6836
    @agoodshay6836 ปีที่แล้ว +81

    My mother has worked for UPMC for many, many years. Over the last few years her health has deteriorated and, due to a rare condition, she's experiencing a myriad of neurological issues with a high fall risk. She's fallen several times in the last few months and I am terrified and doing everything I can to futureproof her home. UPMC pressured her to go back to work before her diagnoses and essentially dropped her after. They refused to move her to a WFH position (the woman still wanted to help people, even in her struggles), they fought any doctor-recommended work accommodation (their own specialist's opinions!) and she was forced out of her job. She's recently had to take out of her retirement just to pay bills until her painfully slow disability process completes.
    They wiped their hands clean of her with no care whatsoever. She was such an asset and still could be if they'd even been the least bit accommodating for someone they've already criminally unpaid and squeezed the life out of for years

    • @idrathernot_2
      @idrathernot_2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sounds about right. This is why you can never be loyal to a corporation of any kind, your forced to be an economic mercenary. Take care of your loved ones and f*ck the system wherever and however you can. Good luck.

    • @HeatherEvans-p1i
      @HeatherEvans-p1i 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Keep telling this on many platforms. We must unite and make change. If asking nicely doesn’t work time to play hard ball that don’t work.. history shows revolt

  • @gateauxq4604
    @gateauxq4604 ปีที่แล้ว +1542

    It’s wild how many people STILL think that not everyone deserves healthcare.

    • @fluffyfury1616
      @fluffyfury1616 ปีที่แล้ว +119

      I swear every time I bring this up with friends and family they respond with a "there isn't enough enough Healthcare to go around already, imagine if everyone got it! " like there aren't other problems that also need to get fixed.

    • @MFKitten
      @MFKitten ปีที่แล้ว +134

      I keep arguing that when we agree to create a "society", and we all agree that everybody pitches in to pay money to help cover benefits for everyone, the FIRST thing to spend it on, aside from the very basics of infrastructure, has got to be staying alive and alleviating suffering. If you pitch in a large chunk of the money you make every paycheck, and you still risk dying or getting thrown on the street if you get a regular treatable illness... What the hell were you even pitching in all that tax money for?

    • @dominicj7977
      @dominicj7977 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Im not american, but from south asia now living in western europe.
      But let me tell you having public healthcare alone will not fix the issue but there are other aspects that needs to be figured out like shortage of doctors and having good healthcare culture to have robust medical system.
      Countries like Canada have public healthcare but it fails to meet the demands due to shortage of enough supply of doctors.
      In some countries like Netherlands and Germany, there is bad work culture in the healthcare system that doctors will ask you to google your symptoms and do and pre diagnosis on your own
      But ironically my third world nation seems to have enough supply of doctors that seems to have figured out everything (but healthcare infrastructure is sometimes backwards)

    • @communitygardener17
      @communitygardener17 ปีที่แล้ว +75

      Who has healthcare? Even insured people can't afford doctor visits because insurance covers so little.

    • @appluverapk
      @appluverapk ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What the Problem is most Americans don't understand that the United States is NOT a Democracy. We live in a Corporatocracy. Corporations and Wealthy Elites bought up the U.S Government at an accelerated rate over the last Forty Years through Their massive Campaign Donations to Republicans and the Corporate Democrat Politicians. While They All Gaslight Us along with the Help of Our Corrupt U.S Corporate Media and Cable News Companies. The United States has become the Biggest Socialist Country in the World. It's Socialism for the Rich and Neo-Capitalism for the rest of Us. It cost more out of Your Pocket to live in the United States if You're Poor!!!

  • @Talik13
    @Talik13 ปีที่แล้ว +88

    Living in PA my whole life, I've always known about the corruption of hospitals with UPMC. I didn't realize how big of an issue it was nation wide

    • @r.pres.4121
      @r.pres.4121 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      They also own the hospitals in the southern tier counties of New York particularly Chautauqua, Cattaraugus, and Allegany Counties.

  • @bobcornwell403
    @bobcornwell403 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    I love it when the CEO says his pay is determined by the board.
    Just wish the interviewer had asked him how many other CEOs from other companies sit on that board.

    • @kendallsmith1458
      @kendallsmith1458 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      and it was negotiated

    • @dawnkindnesscountsmost5991
      @dawnkindnesscountsmost5991 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      12.9 MILLION dollars in 2021. Who the heck NEEDS 12.9 MILLION dollars in _one YEAR_ ??? 12,900,000 divided by 365 (days in one year) equals over 35,300 dollars PER DAY. Not workdays of Monday through Friday (which might apply to CEOs, but not healthcare workers), but ALL 365 DAYS IN A YEAR. Thirty-five THOUSAND dollars per day, EVERY day of one year. I live in Pennsylvania, in the Pittsburgh TV station viewing area. PA doesn't have a _very_ high COL compared to the states of New York, Virginia, and Maryland (and possibly NJ, but I don't know enough to say), especially outside of the larger PA cities. I'd _thrive_ on 35,000 dollars in one YEAR, BEFORE taxes!!!
      That man is grossly obscene.

    • @stevekwan8232
      @stevekwan8232 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Well the board are his pals and he is on other boards. U scratch my back

    • @janetslater129
      @janetslater129 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Also, chances are that he also sits on that board, so yes, he probably gets to choose his salary.

    • @zachz96
      @zachz96 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      He should have been given a pay cut or fired for costing too much

  • @scpatl4now
    @scpatl4now ปีที่แล้ว +118

    So this tax change in 1969 has had some really bad side effects. Why is it so hard to say...this isn't working so lets change it back? We need to hold officials accountable.

    • @writerconsidered
      @writerconsidered ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Politicians are errand boys for their donors, we don't matter.

    • @gannibalof21st
      @gannibalof21st ปีที่แล้ว +46

      Because the tax change was intentional for the benefactors not the masses.

    • @frankgrabasse4642
      @frankgrabasse4642 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      People believe absurd tax theories like trickle down economics.

    • @PaulGuy
      @PaulGuy ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Because it works great for the ones making the rules.

    • @kiwibonsai2355
      @kiwibonsai2355 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Remember Reagan, its not about being fair to all it's about the freedom to make profit.
      Neoliberalism trickle down economics is a scam.

  • @Boycott-if4eg
    @Boycott-if4eg ปีที่แล้ว +29

    In the USA you can be insured, have access and STILL not get healthcare because the medical community is geared toward profit and sales FIRST & LAST. As a retired (very early) provider myself, I am continually amazed at just how bad our system is and it’s getting worse every year as the malfeasance builds upon itself like a snowball rolling at record speeds! New grads haven’t even been taught to think at all. They’re just taught to follow profit protocols and have ZERO ETHICS. The truth is pretty scary.

  • @robbabcock_
    @robbabcock_ ปีที่แล้ว +53

    The entire board of UPMC should be in jail.

    • @meganharris583
      @meganharris583 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      At least named and pics shown

  • @joshc1394
    @joshc1394 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Not only this, but UPMC also buys up small town hospitals, depletes their capabilities, and sends the patients to the mothership hospital to extract more profit from them.

    • @ComradeRagdoll
      @ComradeRagdoll ปีที่แล้ว

      Capital Extraction is a product of Capitalism that WILL ALWAYS have Catastrophic SideEffects to the Labourers who DON’T OWN The
      Means Of Production, especially Hospitals.
      Sorry if I’ve gone Full-On Marxist for a sec.

  • @visiwade
    @visiwade ปีที่แล้ว +117

    Proposal: any hospital whose patients are in medical debt (even one) for over three months loses its nonprofit status for five years.

    • @princecharming7535
      @princecharming7535 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Then you will have hospital try to reject troublesome patient someway. Or there will be less procedure. Why should they risk themself if they not get enough reward

    • @visiwade
      @visiwade ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@princecharming7535 hospitals are legally obliged to help in the US. The issue is that there are no cost/price controls like in other civilized countries.

    • @jeffreyherrera5069
      @jeffreyherrera5069 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      ​@@princecharming7535 ​​​You say that like they don't do that anyways. Try having no health insurance or one that doesn't cover the doctor/hospital/care you get. They'll only stabilize you and release you, all while leaving you with the bill. And that's if they decide to allow you to stay and not ship you to another hospital or clinic.

    • @princecharming7535
      @princecharming7535 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@visiwade true they legally should treat patient but they will not do it with full heart some doctor or nurses when they do treatment that not making money or on minus will get scold from management things will not going good. Also hospital will try to find loopholes to dump patient like that. Or worse if they can't dump hospital maybe close ( some group will buy hospital and then begin selling it's assets)

    • @princecharming7535
      @princecharming7535 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I think price if usa healthcare are too much
      My current country you just need to pay $2 a month for healthcare if you can't pay. You can apply for government to pay that for you (you need some card to say that you are too poor to pay though). So I don't understand why usa have like $1000 a month insurance.

  • @OneAdam12Adam
    @OneAdam12Adam 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    As a University of Pittsburgh alumni, I'm outraged at how corporate CEOs and ruined hospitals and a year later they just get worse.

  • @quentin-_-99
    @quentin-_-99 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    That CEO showed he didnt care about the wirkers or patients. He got his 😡 way past time ALL CEOs are forced to live paycheck to paycheck, as we do. Not their exorbitant ones, but the janitors paycheck for a year, with no credit cards and nothing to fall back on. They do no work but get all the glory 😡😡

    • @GravaticBurst
      @GravaticBurst ปีที่แล้ว +5

      We need a modern day Robinhood

    • @Michadoo
      @Michadoo ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Amazon of healthcare is the scariest thing I've heard in a long time

    • @dawnkindnesscountsmost5991
      @dawnkindnesscountsmost5991 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Eh, I say _let_ the CEOs have a couple of credit cards on $50,000/year, run up debt *_if they choose to,_* and they will continue to live on $50,000/year until their cc debt is paid off.

    • @nathanaeltekalign2508
      @nathanaeltekalign2508 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The Salary of the CEOs of tax-exempt hospitals are obviously excessive, given the tax breaks they receive. But a solution to that problem could be to tax the nonprofit hospitals as if they were for-profit hospitals.

  • @psychodad4434
    @psychodad4434 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Hey! I work there! It’s actually even worse in person somehow. I’m IN a strong union and we’re still underpaid and understaffed. UPMC is too large for even a powerful union to properly push back on.

    • @sonjaleesloth
      @sonjaleesloth ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Jesus. 😒

    • @Susieq26754
      @Susieq26754 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Mafia runs these unions. Freemasons run hospitals.

    • @mikacandy5
      @mikacandy5 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Any update?

  • @thecountryboymack
    @thecountryboymack ปีที่แล้ว +46

    This information and this channel needs to reach more people! Solidarity is how we can make this country better for the working class.

  • @user-eh5cr4or6k
    @user-eh5cr4or6k ปีที่แล้ว +15

    People should realize that there was a direct and distinct correlation to the amount of Administrators added to the entire Insurance Healthcare System and the increase in denial claims for healthcare procedures.

  • @FeelinTangerine
    @FeelinTangerine ปีที่แล้ว +105

    This is what happens in a country where health care is an exorbitant luxury and whether you live, die or live healthily Is based on your zipcode, race & income.

    • @DellikkilleD
      @DellikkilleD ปีที่แล้ว +5

      you are 33% right. the only thing that matters is income.

    • @carrieullrich5059
      @carrieullrich5059 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Oh no, different zip codes have different toxic pollution levels. The worst being redlined into minority only areas.

    • @maddiredfern
      @maddiredfern ปีที่แล้ว +4

      This is the bad place.

    • @aycc-nbh7289
      @aycc-nbh7289 ปีที่แล้ว

      And it may only be the exact same thing if nationalized healthcare becomes a thing and a rogue government only affords it to citizens of particular ethnicities.

    • @MegaLokopo
      @MegaLokopo ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@carrieullrich5059 No area in todays world is minority only in the us, you can live whereever you want.

  • @mrjakeness2
    @mrjakeness2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    If anyone should be profiting off the Healthcare system it should be the doctors, nurses and the support staff

  • @RussellD11
    @RussellD11 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    the sad thing is they profit from HUMAN SUFFERING...

    • @thomass2451
      @thomass2451 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      All capitalism does.

    • @moniqueloomis9772
      @moniqueloomis9772 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      ​@@thomass2451It's designed to do just that.

    • @rsr789
      @rsr789 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Not just suffering, DEATH! Why do you think I still understand how no parent has evert gone and taken out one of these CEO's after healthcare was denied to their baby or child who then died? Since the US has no actual 'justice' system, this is the closest they will get to justice.

    • @idontcare1102
      @idontcare1102 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@thomass2451 *whimpers* commie

  • @VeracityLH
    @VeracityLH ปีที่แล้ว +36

    My son recently had to have emergency surgery. The thing he was most worried about was the bills he would be incurring. That's a helluva way to run a "healthcare" system.

  • @edwinhageman9377
    @edwinhageman9377 ปีที่แล้ว +298

    Maybe this is an perfect example of why? We as a country need? Nationalized/ Socialized = Medical Free Care for ALL!

    • @MRblazedBEANS
      @MRblazedBEANS ปีที่แล้ว +50

      Take some of that miltary industrial complex money and use it for health care.....

    • @dukeofrodtown1705
      @dukeofrodtown1705 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@MRblazedBEANS 💯%! A lot of wealth and profit here in Canada is also landing in the wrong hands - and not enough is going to our still critically endangered and compromised public healthcare, and public education systems.

    • @DipayanPyne94
      @DipayanPyne94 ปีที่แล้ว

      I am a victim of private dental fraud in India. The root cause is NeoLiberalism ! I am tired of it. Guys and Girls ! Let's save mankind from this menace called NeoLiberalism !!!

    • @rhumal
      @rhumal ปีที่แล้ว +15

      medicare is so costly because healthcare businesses are allowed to set the prices, without regard to the actual production/labor costs of those medical treatments. if price controls were enacted to prevent gouging and artificial scarcity, it would not be so expensive. most of the money is just going to CEOs and shareholders anyhow.

    • @bobfrank7339
      @bobfrank7339 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      ​@@coderamen666how are we funding our military then

  • @miguelito4528
    @miguelito4528 ปีที่แล้ว +88

    Dude, I live in Brazil we got public universal healthcare here, it's just mindblowing to me that the US doesn't have the basics

    • @rsr789
      @rsr789 ปีที่แล้ว

      No, it's not. Read the US Constitution: it's a document made by the rich, for the rich.

    • @FireyTinkerHell
      @FireyTinkerHell ปีที่แล้ว

      Sadly, the US (Corporations/Government/oligarchs) is all about MONEY. There's no other thought in their greedy brains... they care not one bit for 'people', in most cases even their own blood.

    • @aycc-nbh7289
      @aycc-nbh7289 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      But it may also be mindblowing for the government to try to buy out or navigate through litigation involving the private healthcare industry.

    • @Da__goat
      @Da__goat ปีที่แล้ว

      What is the quality of healthcare like in Brasil?

    • @miguelito4528
      @miguelito4528 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@Da__goat in terms of service it's quite alright, the worst problems are overloading and the poor infrastructure, but that's also an issue with the quantity of doctors in Brazil, that's why the government brought doctors from Cuba ( which the right can't stop complaining abou) but it's still free. I use SUS (the brazilian public healthcare system) for a few years and it's ok you just have to wait a bit long. When you don't want to wait that long you can go to a private clinic but even the private clinics are quite cheap.

  • @NarutoUzumakiofficial
    @NarutoUzumakiofficial ปีที่แล้ว +141

    Why does America screw over it's citizens? Time and time again we get the short end of the stick and have to pay for it. It makes my blood boil! Nobody cares enough to help those who need it and deserve it and i'm chronically ill my self it's hard. I have to worry about possibly paying for some thing i know i could never ever afford

    • @RussellD11
      @RussellD11 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      we need to take out the .01% over here is what needs to happen...

    • @thomass2451
      @thomass2451 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Because your politicians are bought and paid for by blood sucking capitalistic corporations. Any talk of helping people is quickly drowned out by screams of “communism” or “socialism”. You Americans have been brainwashed into supporting the very parasites who screw you over time after time after time…

    • @writerconsidered
      @writerconsidered ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Because we live in a third world shithole.

    • @dave_riots
      @dave_riots ปีที่แล้ว +19

      This isn't just in America, it's an increasing phenomenon all over the globe as of my response. As far right governments are popping up, those countries are scaling back their healthcare systems in favor of profit-driven insurance companies.

    • @frankgrabasse4642
      @frankgrabasse4642 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yet my buddy drinks beer under a tree and cuts grass for cash. Doesn't pay a single nickel for health care.

  • @IncognitoSprax
    @IncognitoSprax ปีที่แล้ว +14

    How is this any different from the coal mine towns of the old days? It’s workers have to use UPMC doctors and 1/3 of them are in medical debt to their employer. So, instead of owing their soul to the company store, they owe their soul to the company healthcare

  • @azusa9963
    @azusa9963 ปีที่แล้ว +237

    I am an RN and l have worked in various hospitals throughout the country over the past 30 years. These so called non profit hospitals are all about their profits. Staffing shortages are detrimental to the workers and the patients. Our health care system is very broken. We need nationalized healthcare for all Americans.

    • @MegaLokopo
      @MegaLokopo ปีที่แล้ว +1

      nationalized healthcare isn't going to solve any of these problems, the government is just as greedy and lazy as private companies.

    • @genuineappeal3458
      @genuineappeal3458 ปีที่แล้ว

      Perhaps health reductions are more necessary. A return to Robitussin is in order.

    • @arribaficationwineho32
      @arribaficationwineho32 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@genuineappeal3458what is a health reduction?

    • @EldritchBumblebee
      @EldritchBumblebee ปีที่แล้ว

      ⁠@@genuineappeal3458tf is a health reduction? You saying if someone has intense sudden chest pain they should just take a Tylenol and lie down? That’s how people DIE.
      And if you only care about the economy, kinda hard to have an economy when everybody’s DYING or too disabled to work

    • @indy_go_blue6048
      @indy_go_blue6048 ปีที่แล้ว

      Just so we define what an American is and stop wasting resources on illegals.

  • @jess_o
    @jess_o ปีที่แล้ว +375

    We need nationalized healthcare. And much more

    • @h0gheadS
      @h0gheadS ปีที่แล้ว +29

      We needed it 40 years ago.

    • @InventorZahran
      @InventorZahran ปีที่แล้ว +32

      • Nationalized healthcare
      • Better quality public education
      • A fairer and more transparent tax system
      • More rights and protections for workers
      • Human-centric urban development
      • More frequent trains!
      These are just a few of the ways our nation could do better, but the people in power don't seem to care...

    • @Romogi
      @Romogi ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @gaslitworldf.melissab2897 It depends on the system universal healthcare. If it is like Canada or Britain's, you are correct. If it is like South Korea's or Germany's, my opinion is it won't be like that.

    • @finalcut612
      @finalcut612 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @gaslitworldf.melissab2897it covers everything in Canada, and in the UK (when it’s not being fucked by austerity) and in most of Europe. There’s no reason to ration vital medicine when there are ample supply

    • @jess_o
      @jess_o ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @gaslitworldf.melissab2897 Every nationalized system is cheaper than ours. The ones that arent being intentionally rat-fucked by conservatives are exceptionally cheaper.

  • @dano3523
    @dano3523 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    How do you get to the point where you earn an eight-digit salary while others, at the same company you're running, are suffering and falling into debt as you continue to charge them (and pay them less) ? Wow.

    • @movingtargets7833
      @movingtargets7833 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      AND you get to say on national tv that it's your business how much you pay yourself lol.

    • @BrianButterworth-s4z
      @BrianButterworth-s4z 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Endentured servitude

  • @haggielady
    @haggielady ปีที่แล้ว +103

    At least somebody is protesting.
    Instead of going to church on a Sunday, the people of PA should be out protesting against this injustice.
    It should also be investigated by the Justice Department. Somebody is bilking the taxpayers and Getting Away With it.

    • @wellesradio
      @wellesradio ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Or maybe the churches can mobilize them like they did back in the day. Anything to get the community up in arms.

    • @stepahead5944
      @stepahead5944 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Not instead of. This isn't only an "either or".

    • @Window4503
      @Window4503 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Church takes only one to two hours in the morning or evening. There’s absolutely no reason to replace social justice with the gospel nor does it make sense to suggest that people can’t attend church before protesting. Maybe it’s not important to you, but you don’t get to decide it’s not important to others.

    • @wellesradio
      @wellesradio ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I say rather than antagonizing people because of the religion they belong to, we organize ALL of the people regardless of what church they attend if at all.

    • @dthomas9230
      @dthomas9230 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Window4503 If you go for the social interaction, the church crowd marching would be satisfying, and non-profit.

  • @sk8razer
    @sk8razer ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I worked for a dystopian AF for-profit (I think) massive hospital chain, and I always heard that they would write off unpaid bills* as "charity care" while simultaneously using *aggressive* collections tactics (they literally sued me, their employee, over an $80 unpaid ED bill lol) before eventually selling the debt to a collection agency.
    Sure, it's technically "charity care" in the sense that the patient didn't pay for all or part of their care. But it's not at all like good faith charity care, because the patient faces the consequences of decreased credit score, harassment by debt collectors, and *LITERALLY BEING SUED* by a massive powerful conglomerate.
    True charity care is done intentionally and it does not harm the patient.
    They write off the full amount, rather than subtracting the amount that they were paid for the debt via a debt collection agency (typically a very small percentage of the total debt) then they report the income from the sale of the debt. This should theoretically balance out the tax benefit with tax liability to some degree. But it allows them to inflate their reported "charity care" amounts. 5% of $25,000USD isn't insignificant, particularly when thousands of these small percentages are occurring each quarter.
    *As in, a patient is admitted/seen without upfront payment via the emergency department (shout out to EMTALA btw), then they can't afford to or unwilling to pay their bill ranging from several hundred US dollars to 7 figures, so they just don't.
    *AND/OR* the patient's insurance refuses to cover the total cost, so the patient is billed the remainder. As in, insurance was billed $5000USD but refused to pay more than $2500, so the patient is billed by the hospital for the other $2500 despite having surpassed their deductible/out of pocket maximum. Meaning that the patient is essentially billed that other $2500 as an uninsured patient. It's standard practice for these types of hospitals to set prices much higher in order to be able to negotiate with insurance companies and to "help" patients who can't afford to pay by decreasing the price. This hospital chain was notorious for making up prices 8-10x the typical Medicare price.
    When insurance companies negotiate down to a more fair price, that's supposed to be the end of it. It's not supposed to involve the patient at all. But this company realized that they could simply bill the patient for the remainder of the original price. Thereby negating the cost-protective practice of allowing insurance companies to negotiate. Technically, patients can negotiate their bills too, but they don't make a point of really letting anyone know that.
    These are just two of countless ways that US corposhit healthcare inflicts unlimited moral injury hospital and private ambulance staff at the local level.
    We experience burnout just like basically everyone else. But the moral injury from being a low level patient-facing (this includes doctors) in the business of human suffering is devastating.

  • @franklinshepardinc
    @franklinshepardinc ปีที่แล้ว +12

    This reminds me a lot of Carle Foundation Hospital in Champaign-Urbana, IL. (A town-sized subsidiary of Chicago Real Estate developers who fled down here after they made Chicago an unaffordable fucking nightmare.) They push out every other healthcare gig in town, buy it up, and then, "fuck you, pay me, what are you gonna do, die from cancer?"

  • @desireeallen125
    @desireeallen125 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    "why should I have to pay for someone else's healthcare?" If you've ever asked that question it means you're blessed with good health but have no ability to think ahead... Unless you die a quick death when you're young, you will eventually get sick or injured, you will grow old, and you will need healthcare when you're unable to work and pay for it on your own.

  • @JRich-yz3he
    @JRich-yz3he ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I am so grateful for your reporting!!! Keep speaking up!

  • @Ropecharud
    @Ropecharud ปีที่แล้ว +8

    The hospital I worked for 30 years recently merged with another and now operate as a greedy corporate business. Disgusting and alarming, this new method of business in healthcare needs to be stopped now!!!

  • @NicholasIstre
    @NicholasIstre ปีที่แล้ว +191

    My wife was having uterus issues. She got a vaginal ultrasound as part of the investigation of this issue. This was (we thought) pre-approved.
    We got a letter a few days ago stating that our insurance company was not paying for the scan as they claimed it was a "work-related injury/disease" and should be covered by workman's comp.
    She's a house wife.
    Reading that letter was a complete "what in the fuck?" moment.
    She's fine, as we figured out what was going on, but still...

    • @mjkay8660
      @mjkay8660 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      in '72 i got susp license & i was not allowed to drive to work, i argued my son is my work i need to drive to doctors, grocery store..others in the courtroom had work driving privilege's w susp lic, i almost got thrown in jail on my opinion, nothing changes for women

    • @frankgrabasse4642
      @frankgrabasse4642 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Well as a housewife a big part of the job is keeping you happy.

    • @Piratewaffle43
      @Piratewaffle43 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      The job of insurance is to take as much money from you as it can get away with.

    • @jamesodell3064
      @jamesodell3064 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Always file an appeal, this type of BS is often reversed when appealed. You do not need an attorney for file an appeal.

    • @NicholasIstre
      @NicholasIstre ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@jamesodell3064 that process was started basically immediately after we read that letter. The agent was rather amused and setup the appeal on the claim right then.

  • @mattb9664
    @mattb9664 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    UPMC killed my 83 year old grandmother back in 2005. She had a successful pig valve replacement in her heart that was done in 1993 or 1994 when she was 73. Fast forward to 10 years later- I don't know the whole story since I had to move away from Pittsburgh area and my family to pursue 'my American dream', but it was due for replacement because of its age since it apparently deteriorates. Rather than looking at the whole big picture of her age and health, the UPMC 'Doctors' went ahead with recommending replacement of the heart valve again with her at the age of 83. Needless to say, they didn't do a good job with the surgery and she experienced complications. I think the Doctor said that because of her age the glue just didn't work or set too well, and that he was sorry before promptly leaving the room. I got to see my #1 caregiver on life support and then passed away a few minutes later - all because the hospital had to use my grandmother for leverage to make/take it's money from her insurance source.

    • @genuineappeal3458
      @genuineappeal3458 ปีที่แล้ว

      pig valve heart ... killed ... how can you come to this conclusion?

    • @dthomas9230
      @dthomas9230 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@genuineappeal3458 He stated what the Dr said.

  • @jamesodell3064
    @jamesodell3064 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Non profit organizations are the most profitable businesses since they do not have to pay taxes.

    • @ArtamStudio
      @ArtamStudio ปีที่แล้ว

      You know what else is a non-profit organization? The National Football League. I'm not kidding.

    • @lgDukeCity5018
      @lgDukeCity5018 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ArtamStudio
      WTF

  • @codacreator6162
    @codacreator6162 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    We shouldn’t have to fight for what we pay for. End the non-profit status of every hospital that has a fair share deficit. That ought to do it.

  • @JaniceinAccounting
    @JaniceinAccounting ปีที่แล้ว +8

    As an employee of a for profit hospital system it is just as bad there too. Executives make all the money always. C-19 made everything worse then it already was.

  • @nathanbrady8529
    @nathanbrady8529 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    What do we expect when shareholders are the same people literally writing the laws and tax code?

  • @b1646717
    @b1646717 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    When your insurance company decides your trip to the ER was due to a pre-existing condition and you will be paying for all of it 🙂 🙃 👍🤷‍♂️ If you can't pay they garnish your wages and tax returns.

    • @Sonicfan1661
      @Sonicfan1661 ปีที่แล้ว

      Another term for that is "medical history"
      Kinda wild how they manipulate the terms of each and every little thing nowadays to make it sound different than what it actually is, i.e. making medical history a red flag for getting insurance to cover anything. Such bullshit istg.

    • @b1646717
      @b1646717 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      ​@wastaken4985 I had kidney stones removed in 08 and the 58k dollar bill is still haunting me. They are all about wage garnishment. 20 or 25% in Kentucky and some other states. I moved to WA and after a few months someone was/is trying to serve me papers. They are from the anesthesiologist from 14 years ago. The intrest is more than the initial bill 😅😂😂

    • @pewp_tickalar
      @pewp_tickalar ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Covering care for pre existing conditions is required now due to the ACA. We have John McCain to thank for being the one vote needed to stop the ACA from being thrown out in 2017

    • @Audiogeek-kf2ez
      @Audiogeek-kf2ez ปีที่แล้ว

      It is time to prove that these are for profit hospitals. Go after the bills and threaten bankruptcy. It scares them

    • @jamesodell3064
      @jamesodell3064 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@b1646717 See if the statue of limitations applies in your case. They have only so long to collect, but if you make one payment it starts the clock over again. Best to talk to a lawyer, perhaps legal services if you can't afford to pay an attorney.

  • @liamfoxy
    @liamfoxy ปีที่แล้ว +8

    The number 1 thing that could easily correct this, would be removing the ability for medical debt to affect credit score. If they cannot hold ruining your life over you, i think they would start charging a lot more reasonable prices, because they know a lot of people would not pay 10k for an aspirin.

  • @noodles2459
    @noodles2459 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Capitalism isn't working for the average person.

    • @kiwibonsai2355
      @kiwibonsai2355 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      When corporate lobbying outweighs any public opinion Democracy is a myth.
      Lobbying was illegal at one stage, well it is bribery in reality.

    • @moniqueloomis9772
      @moniqueloomis9772 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      By design.

    • @rsr789
      @rsr789 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      It NEVER has.

  • @1kitts
    @1kitts ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I tell my friends all the time that we are not doing too badly in the Caribbean when it comes to healthcare in terms of the cost. We are not the best, but we are doing ok, it's affordable for most people.

  • @josealfonsocontretas5724
    @josealfonsocontretas5724 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    So in Mexico there's a clinic where you can get an ultrasound for under 20 dollars, maybe more now, blood test for about the same, and you get the results the same day. There's not a lot of specialized care, but still beats paying for an ultrasound in the USA.

    • @aycc-nbh7289
      @aycc-nbh7289 ปีที่แล้ว

      The insurance copay or the procedure in general? I’m pretty sure that more states are beginning to pass laws involving price transparency.

    • @josealfonsocontretas5724
      @josealfonsocontretas5724 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@aycc-nbh7289 it was for the procedure, no insurance.

  • @theeoneandonlyushygushy
    @theeoneandonlyushygushy ปีที่แล้ว +13

    we cannot just keep on making and watching documentaries at this point. we're all going to suffer further down the road if nothing changes.

  • @ChrisBrown-si1vg
    @ChrisBrown-si1vg ปีที่แล้ว +39

    Kaiser is probably the worst of the lot of them. Never have I seen a more dirty, poorly run, and exploitative institution. And they're both the hospital AND the insurance, so they screw you over on both sides.
    Edit: z->s

    • @rsr789
      @rsr789 ปีที่แล้ว

      ANYONE in the USA that profits from insurance and / or 'healthcare' denying claims and / or service and which causes people to die, are profiting from murder, that includes bondholders, shareholders, etc...

    • @CC-uq7cv
      @CC-uq7cv ปีที่แล้ว +1

      UPMC does have its own insurance, too

    • @churchofpos2279
      @churchofpos2279 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Sutter Healthcare system based in Sacramento, CA has tried to become the new "Kaiser" of California. They have been buying up hospitals and clinics for the past 5 years or more.

  • @ematty9039
    @ematty9039 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    As long as lobbying is legal, nothing will ever change. Only the appearance of change but nothing will ever truly improve.

  • @JustMe-vk4fn
    @JustMe-vk4fn ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Our OWN government is supposed to be helping all Americans by providing *access* to "affordable" healthcare and yet the USA is the one and *only* wealthy and fully developed democracy on the face of the *Earth* to still cling to a For-Profit "health"care system. The government of the *wealthiest* nation in the world cannot or *will not* cover 100% of American Citizens. Average American citizens pay state tax to provide Medicaid - a state run "health"care system for the poor but that still doesn't cover everyone.
    How about taxing everybody fairly, (including the rich - really, they won't miss it - back in Eisenhower's era the rich were taxed to the tune of 91% and they were STILL rich.). We could then remove the profit factor and design a Universal Healthcare Program that could become "Medicare for all" and *cover 100% of American Citizens* and allow us to negotiate exorbitant pharmaceutical prices. It can't be "rocket science" if every other wealthy and fully developed democracy has already accomplished it. Some nations even include Universal Pre-K childcare. Imagine that.

    • @nuance9000
      @nuance9000 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      It's almost as if our country uses our debts to collateralize the global financial system

    • @thomass2451
      @thomass2451 ปีที่แล้ว

      Careful. That sounds a lot like socialism. Your politicians will never stand for that. Nor your brainwashed sheep.

    • @rudra62
      @rudra62 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      You don't want "medicare for all", and the current system of hospital and other medical care being privately run and setting their own prices - which you almost cannot find out what they are in advance. If you do "Medicare for all", prices will just go up, they'll take money from the government, and copays will still get everyone in medical debt.
      What we need is government run healthcare facilities, including physicians, therapists, hospitals, care homes, and so forth. No one gets paid more than what is permitted under the civil service wage scale.
      We could still have private hospitals for the wealthy who want extra care, or for those who want services that are cosmetic.

    • @JustMe-vk4fn
      @JustMe-vk4fn ปีที่แล้ว

      @@rudra62 Well, I regret using this "medicare for all" that all the petitions want you to sign - you described what we need to a "t" and I don't care *what* they call it. :)

  • @POGEYMANZFTW
    @POGEYMANZFTW ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Healthcare is a right, not a commodity

  • @neashia23
    @neashia23 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Live from Pittsburgh, THANK YOU SOOOOOOO MUCH for shining a light on UPMC and the workers rights struggles here! S/O to my people!

  • @beverlyweber171
    @beverlyweber171 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    We need CEO paycaps of some sort for "Charity" hospitals. It should also be mandatory that their executive pay should be less than their level of community care.

  • @bruceincremona9241
    @bruceincremona9241 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is so wrong on so many different levels. Money before people. Money is the root of all evil!

  • @Nekorook
    @Nekorook ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Thank you for talking about this. UPMC controls way too much of western Pa health care. They keep building Hospitals to prove they are not for profit rather than paying their workers or providing cheaper health care. If they are going to act like a for profit then they should be taxed like one

  • @minrizor
    @minrizor ปีที่แล้ว +1

    3:53 The indignant contempt in this man's voice is utterly disgusting. He may as well be saying "What gives you the right to question me like this?"

  • @acolli777
    @acolli777 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Surely they are breaking the hippocratic oath (do no harm) by causing a person/family to go into debt?

    • @aycc-nbh7289
      @aycc-nbh7289 ปีที่แล้ว

      I think that cases like those may involve things such as charity care.

  • @JLocke0113
    @JLocke0113 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Nonprofits should have a maximum income ratio between the highest and lowest paid person.

  • @dukeofrodtown1705
    @dukeofrodtown1705 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    It does not need to, and must not be this way for people south of the US border, or anywhere for that matter! Solidarity and victory to workers and patients fighting UPMC's nonchalant greed from Canada.

    • @ryuuguu01
      @ryuuguu01 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Even in Canada, we have to regularly fight against companies trying to push for profit healthcare into Canada. One of the problems with sleeping next to the proverbial 900 lbs gorilla.

    • @dukeofrodtown1705
      @dukeofrodtown1705 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ryuuguu01 Unfortunately, that's a huge thing that many Conservative governments and even corporations are tryign to embrace. These companies are getting more persistent, while public healthcare and the workers fighting to defend it are collapsing and stretched. Thank you for reminding me about this. I can't believe I still have to also point out that all the while, our country is truly screwed with these inept people in power, and weak opposition parties.

  • @cherylcarlson3315
    @cherylcarlson3315 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Most of the time I worked as RN in TX couldn't get health insurance,was told to do overtime take back,be on unpaid call for low census,had one 'manager' withhold differentials to tune of $8k, deriding me for questions,then laughing when she was caught. I was at least 3rd person she did that to. Now can't go to md and have rash in 2 spots looked at in one visit. Level of care I receive after 39 yrs of nursing is mind boggling, heartbreaking

  • @Radhaun
    @Radhaun ปีที่แล้ว +11

    The amount of money being given to guys who sit on their ass all day and count money is baffling, especially when nurses and doctors are having to do out of the profession like flies because they can't afford to live and save other people. We're going to sorely miss the people who have actual medical training when they leave for greener pastures.

  • @sharongillesp
    @sharongillesp ปีที่แล้ว +5

    NO medical facility should be like some huge multimillion conglomerate.
    Each city should have its own, independent hospital/medical offices free from privatized money making systems.

  • @rachaelb9164
    @rachaelb9164 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I work for one of the largest healthcare systems on the west coast. We have been unionized since the 90’s and for the most part had a pretty good partnership with management. Somewhere between 2015 and 2020 the attitude started to shift. Contract bargaining became more confrontational and management wasn’t bargaining in good faith like they had been before. Quick fact… any nonprofit company has to report the profits of the senior management publicly. About the same time management started to get more stingy we noticed the CEO’s pay and bonuses increased dramatically… like from a few hundred thousand to over a million a year. And they still complain that labor costs too much and that they already pay us plenty.
    Yes labor is going to be your biggest cost when you’re providing a service vs a product. That’s a given. If they wanted to cut costs they could do away with half of the management positions that are redundant. Our standby pay has remained stagnant since 2001 and the differential pay for evenings and nights are far below what other hospitals pay in this area. Just because we have historically been on the higher end of the pay scale doesn’t mean that is still true.
    If you want the best healthcare professionals you have to give them an incentive to work for you vs other facilities in the area. Low pay generally leads to lower quality of work. But it’s not always just the hourly rate. Nobody should be in medical debt to the company they provide services for. It’s ridiculous.
    Patients don’t care who the CEO is in a hospital. They care about who their nurse and doctor and all the other people they come into contact with are.
    Our contract is up this October and so far negotiations aren’t that promising so we are all preparing to strike if we must but nobody wants to do that. Best case scenario is that an agreement can be made quickly.

    • @genuineappeal3458
      @genuineappeal3458 ปีที่แล้ว

      Striking health care workers ... military intelligence ... free money ... some words do not flow together neatly

    • @lgDukeCity5018
      @lgDukeCity5018 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@genuineappeal3458
      I expect to be compensated and treated fairly just like any other profession. Just because it is healthcare it doesn't mean I have to be more altruistic and work for less compensation and benifits.

  • @dualactionsurgilator
    @dualactionsurgilator 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    We will never get out of this mess until the Health Care industry is not controlled by for profit insurance companies. There is no such thing as a "not for profit" healthcare system in the USA. Patients mean nothing, profits are king.

  • @jenniferreed686
    @jenniferreed686 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I had surgery last year at a UPMC hospital and am now recovering from my second surgery (at a different hospital system) to repair what was botched at UPMC. Not to mention all the bills I’m getting from UPMC! I’m having trouble finding a lawyer willing to go up against UPMC for malpractice. They are evil and no one will stop them!

  • @Michelle-bn1fu
    @Michelle-bn1fu หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Absolute horse shot that they get so much more in tax breaks than what they pay back to the community. They should have to give back 100% of their tax breaks back to the community.

  • @Tim_Franklin
    @Tim_Franklin ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I work at a hospital that recently announced it will be merging with a major healthcare system in Wisconsin called Aspirus health. I have yet to see any reporting on them, but I hope they are better than this. We already have a for-profit non-profit healthcare corporation in town and we really don't need another one.

  • @jeabo0adhd
    @jeabo0adhd 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Get rid of Super Pacs. They allow these scumbags to donate unlimited amounts to politicians.

  • @Ervine4
    @Ervine4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    there needs to be a law for % profits machine lowest compensation. Its crazy the amount of money the top 1% has.

    • @GravaticBurst
      @GravaticBurst ปีที่แล้ว

      Corporations control the government there will never be a law

  • @christinep.
    @christinep. ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I graduated and started working in healthcare in 1983. This was immediately obvious to me. There was no discernible difference between non-profit and for-profit. That CEOs and other leadership with no healthcare background ran things and well-educated (Ph.D, MD, MS/BS) medical-related staff drove nothing. We were a necessary evil. The goal was to staff as "lean" as possible with no concern about patient care or good outcomes. If you layer on the huge expense that insurance brings (which I feel adds zero to providing patient care and only adds another layer of expense to pay off more exorbitantly paid executives) and the system is broken. VERY expensive and with limited accessibility for a majority with greatly reduced quality. Very little of the massive premiums people pay go toward their care, most of it props up executives and the entire insurance industry.

  • @matthewsanchez7953
    @matthewsanchez7953 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Healthcare should NEVER be run for profit.

  • @Real_Life_863
    @Real_Life_863 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This is the BS that should make EVERYONE'S stomach turn!

  • @clydemorgan1439
    @clydemorgan1439 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Being the Amazon of health care brings to mind overwhelming doubt in the quality of their services.

    • @ComradeRagdoll
      @ComradeRagdoll ปีที่แล้ว

      Talk about LateStageCapitalist Dystopian Irony on the Name of
      “Amazon Of HealthCare”…

  • @justjulie2859
    @justjulie2859 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    The more I learn about the greed of America, the more I hate being American. How can a hospital save millions of dollars in taxes and abuse the workers in that hospital? It makes me realize how little I know about how this country really works.

  • @garrybrown3165
    @garrybrown3165 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    If you want a deep dive into the history of the evolution of the American medical system, I recommend reading/listening to "The Social Transformation of American Medicine" by Paul Starr. At 70 years old I have watched and lived the changes from my time as a clinical pharmacist, nuclear pharmacist, osteopathic physician, and radiation oncologist. The disparities of personal health care and salaries of health care workers saddens and angers me.

    • @bokesnmokes
      @bokesnmokes ปีที่แล้ว

      Oh look, an osteopath hahahahahaha

  • @samsabre1664
    @samsabre1664 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    There are two huge problems in Healthcare these days. The government and insurance companies. Between those two organizations Healthcare costs are skyrocketing.

  • @peachscentedskulls
    @peachscentedskulls ปีที่แล้ว +43

    that is heartbreaking. can't capitalism keep it's grubby little hands off of ANYTHING?

    • @thomass2451
      @thomass2451 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Nope. It can’t, and won’t.

    • @InventorZahran
      @InventorZahran ปีที่แล้ว +9

      "iT's ThE fReE mArKeT!"
      Such bullpizzle...

    • @FUNKY_BUTTLOVIN
      @FUNKY_BUTTLOVIN ปีที่แล้ว +2

      join DSA people, we'll eventually get there, or fail entirely. planning to fail is just pointless so, we have to start investing in our aspirations

    • @darkwing3713
      @darkwing3713 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It isn't really capitalism because money equals power. So richer they are the more they cheat. No real competition because the winners made the rules. No but a crappy oligarchy which loves monopolies.

    • @GravaticBurst
      @GravaticBurst ปีที่แล้ว

      Capitalism = cap (me) it (it) al (all) is (is) m (me)

  • @sl-lz3dw
    @sl-lz3dw ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Regarding the statement that the ceo made about the hospitals board deciding what was appropriate compensation... If we are going to give favored (tax or other) status to an institution for it to serve a community, THAT COMMUNITY should elect the entire board from within it's ranks.

  • @timeenoughforart
    @timeenoughforart ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Affordable healthcare, living wage, quality education, change I could believe in if every politician elected didn't give in to corporate control.

  • @Mailman-c2h
    @Mailman-c2h 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    All I can say to Americans is don't get sick... this is evil!

  • @Romogi
    @Romogi ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Cooperatives are the most stable business-type and provide lower costs. And the workers are happier.

    • @stevechance150
      @stevechance150 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      American Cast Iron Pipe company in Birmingham Alabama. 100% employee owned.

    • @erkinalp
      @erkinalp ปีที่แล้ว +1

      For some services. In case of healthcare, public university hospitals lead all over the world.

  • @AlecInstant
    @AlecInstant ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I like how non-profit means the owners gets to keep the money instead of the company.

  • @kiwibonsai2355
    @kiwibonsai2355 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Proud to be a Kiwi where I have access to free doctors and free medication.
    A healthy nation is a happy nation.
    ✌️❤️🇳🇿

    • @michaellicavoli3921
      @michaellicavoli3921 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yea right, open your borders!

    • @alexandradaniele
      @alexandradaniele ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@michaellicavoli3921 New Zealand is two islands. What borders are those- water?

    • @michaellicavoli3921
      @michaellicavoli3921 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@alexandradaniele My point, open your borders to unlimited immigration and see how great your access to health care would change.

  • @alreadythen1
    @alreadythen1 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Greed is so disgusting

  • @zeitgeistx5239
    @zeitgeistx5239 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    ❤wait until you guys hear about the hospital that refuses to bill medicare so they can go after your car insurance settlement after you had a car accident.

    • @HerbalAmandaL
      @HerbalAmandaL ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It's illegal to bill federal or state insurances if it's due to something like an accident that an independent insurance will cover

    • @thomass2451
      @thomass2451 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@HerbalAmandaL haha. Capitalism is allowed to do whatever it bloody wants. Try to stop it.

    • @leelindsay5618
      @leelindsay5618 ปีที่แล้ว

      They are required to go after the car insurance settlement - you get the settlement to cover THOSE bills. OMG...that isn't free money because someone hit your car. The settlement should cover bills, a fix or replacement, and the lawyer. Duh - this isn't the lottery

    • @FixableHQ
      @FixableHQ ปีที่แล้ว

      @@leelindsay5618yes and no , in some states they are not allowed to subrogate 50% of your settlement. Also insurance companies sometimes they might be buying out future medical care in a settlement

    • @FixableHQ
      @FixableHQ ปีที่แล้ว

      @@leelindsay5618some settlements are only dependent on policy limits and bills far exceed these limits , legally u are also entitled to pain and suffering. It is not free money it was something tragic and traumatic caused to you by another party. Which is why you have the right to sue the at fault in some cases

  • @Ryac3
    @Ryac3 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The amount of healthcare expenses that does not go to care is ridiculous.
    I recently had to take my toddler in for croup. We were at a non-profit hospital for less than two hours. We were billed $3977.55, of which we paid $1204.02 (hadn't met deductible).
    The physician treating us got ~11% of that. Idk where the rest went, but when 89% of the money (not to mention insurance premiums) don't go to the treating provider, there's a problem.

  • @GoodLainFR
    @GoodLainFR ปีที่แล้ว +20

    the shame of not paying random bills is hilarious to me. like how hard we have been conditioned that we're really in a position to feel pain when a number shows up in our inbox. We should be just as proud as these rich people are about not paying things.

    • @FUNKY_BUTTLOVIN
      @FUNKY_BUTTLOVIN ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I visited my mom recently and spoke to her about how Republicans have a sticking point in their budget, that they do not want one red cent going to help pay for free lunches for poor kids, who often just don't get food otherwise
      I told her about how I read a TH-cam comment from someone her age who grew up in a poor and dysfunctional home, who would go to school hungry and sometimes, driven by hunger, ask other kids for some of their food, or some money. They said that they can still feel the shame from doing this, and that idea broke my heart
      My mother, who was an orphan and got to go through a much more brutal and insufficient earlier iteration of the foster care system, told me she was and still is ashamed of having had her early years funded by SSI and other state and federal funding
      It really is just heartbreaking, like, few emotions are more destructive than shame, feeling less-than, they so often drive people to evil acts and even when they don't, it is just so pointless to engender these feelings in kids especially
      She's not the brightest bulb and she married a republican jack*** so she herself hears opinions and weird versions of "reality" that make her feel like voting Republican is the right thing to do and it is just so disturbing to me. The GOP fear machine is so well-tuned to affect the hearts and minds of those who are a bit simpler, the very people who are hurt the most by their true ideology
      Just so sad that the richest country at the richest time, we have everything we need to straight up give everyone what they need and still, capitalism would plug along by folks wanting more, and better, things
      But people are tricked into doing the bidding of these super wealthy sociopaths, even when it means leaving kids hungry, leaving the sick without care, etc

  • @markjerorsr1495
    @markjerorsr1495 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Construction never ends for non profit hospitals. Whatever it takes so they don't have to lower healthcare costs.

  • @aSunDog
    @aSunDog ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Commenting for the algorithm! This needs to be seen