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No to mention, a lot of ostensibly non-profit hospital systems act a lot like for-profits. They don't do much in the way of charity care, charge uninsured people a lot more than the rate private insurers pay, sue destitute patients, balance bill patients (some have even been caught balance billing Medicaid patients which is illegal), act like monopolies and bill in ways that are considered fraudulent.

For profit nursing homes tend to be worse than nonprofits, but there are other factors at work, like whether their patients are rich or poor and what percent of their patients are on Medicaid.

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