How do hospitals decide on costs? by Connie b. Dellobuono
Answer by Connie b. Dellobuono:
We have to ask hospital management. Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements, expensive equipment, labor, and other services add up to hospital costs. They want to stay on the black and not red but more patients come in due to obesity, alcohol, drugs, and tobacco use. About 25% of the expenses are related to the aging population. We can save money if we are all healthy with no addiction to drugs, alcohol, tobacco and sugar.
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