Opinion: Hospitals are busier than ever — and going out of business
At various points over the last few weeks, news reports have told stories of booming hospitals: emergency departments overwhelmed by patients, imminent shortages of both ICU beds and ventilators, and even the need to create makeshift field hospitals to accommodate extra patients. At the same time, they also showed how hospitals are furloughing staff and cutting salaries and retirement benefits.
And Congress has allocated $100 billion to bail out hospitals in financial trouble.
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