As a young person, I have never really dealt with anything regarding with health, such as health insurance, co-pays, or anything else regarding that manner. My parents are the ones who usually deal with those things, though I must say it is very important to know how it works. This came to mind when I read the article “Bitter Pill” by Steven Brill. This article talks about why bills are so high when it comes to health. It show the reality of how these hospitals work. Something that is not talked about, and it should. Another article I read was called Setting the Record Straight on TIMES’s Article “Bitter Pill” by American Hospital Association (AHA). This article was responding against the article “Bitter Pill”. They don’t like that the article
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It 's hard to believe something when the opponent Brill has said something else, but with actual numbers that are evidence. An example would be when they have this paraphrase by Brill saying, “Not-for-profit hospitals should not have “profit” ”. This is just saying that why are non profit hospitals getting so much money when in fact they should not be making much. AHA responded by saying that that even themselves who are non profit should have some profit. The reasons are so that they can have all equipment updated at all times, and so that they can meet the investment needs. Also they say that if they don’t make profit they could have a closure, and go bankrupt. None of the money that they make extra they can’t keep they have to reinvest in the hospital and community. But this does not make sense when Brill states different. Brill states the income that the presidents make. For example, MD Anderson president Ronald DePinho gets paid $1,845,000 and that does not include other outside earnings. How is he even getting that much money if nonprofits are not even suppose to get much? Another thing that discredits AHA’s response is that with that money that they have, they spend on a lot of equipment that they don’t need to buy. In other words they have more equipment than they have rooms in the hospital. Why are they wasting money when in fact they shouldn 't. Brill found many holes in that statement AHA had. Hospitals make profits even after discounts. This makes AHAs point invalid, and not
It 's hard to believe something when the opponent Brill has said something else, but with actual numbers that are evidence. An example would be when they have this paraphrase by Brill saying, “Not-for-profit hospitals should not have “profit” ”. This is just saying that why are non profit hospitals getting so much money when in fact they should not be making much. AHA responded by saying that that even themselves who are non profit should have some profit. The reasons are so that they can have all equipment updated at all times, and so that they can meet the investment needs. Also they say that if they don’t make profit they could have a closure, and go bankrupt. None of the money that they make extra they can’t keep they have to reinvest in the hospital and community. But this does not make sense when Brill states different. Brill states the income that the presidents make. For example, MD Anderson president Ronald DePinho gets paid $1,845,000 and that does not include other outside earnings. How is he even getting that much money if nonprofits are not even suppose to get much? Another thing that discredits AHA’s response is that with that money that they have, they spend on a lot of equipment that they don’t need to buy. In other words they have more equipment than they have rooms in the hospital. Why are they wasting money when in fact they shouldn 't. Brill found many holes in that statement AHA had. Hospitals make profits even after discounts. This makes AHAs point invalid, and not