{"id":31638,"date":"2012-12-06T16:25:04","date_gmt":"2012-12-06T23:25:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/12\/06\/healthcare-for-profit.html"},"modified":"2012-12-06T16:25:04","modified_gmt":"2012-12-06T23:25:04","slug":"healthcare-for-profit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/12\/06\/healthcare-for-profit.html","title":{"rendered":"Healthcare for profit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When your healthcare focus is the bottom line, then there&#39;s certainly a temptation to skimp on service. \u00a0Unless, of course, you get paid for any\u00a0services you provide &#8212; in which case, the temptation is to provide <i>lots<\/i> of service, whether it&#39;s needed or not &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>(h\/t <span class=\"proflinkWrapper\"><span class=\"proflinkPrefix\">+<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/112557653998844629535\" class=\"proflink\" oid=\"112557653998844629535\">Wendy Cockcroft<\/a><\/span>)<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'>\n<p style='margin-bottom:5px;'><strong>Embedded Link<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style='height:120px;width:120px;overflow:hidden;float:left;margin-top:0px;padding-top:0px;margin-right:10px;vertical-align:top;text-align:center;clear:both;'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img style='max-width:none;' src='https:\/\/images3-focus-opensocial.googleusercontent.com\/gadgets\/proxy?url=http:\/\/i.i.com.com\/cnwk.1d\/i\/tim\/2012\/12\/02\/CostofAdmission_Main_175x131.jpg&#038;container=focus&#038;gadget=a&#038;rewriteMime=image\/*&#038;refresh=31536000&#038;resize_h=150&#038;resize_w=150&#038;no_expand=1' border='0' \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/8301-18560_162-57556670\/hospitals-the-cost-of-admission\/'>Hospitals: The cost of admission<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSteve Kroft investigates allegations from doctors that the hospital chain they worked for pressured them to admit patients regardless of their medical needs\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'> <strong>Google+:<\/strong> <a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/22nbXpMp1yw' target='_new'>View post on Google+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When your healthcare focus is the bottom line, then there&#39;s certainly a temptation to skimp on service. \u00a0Unless, of course, you get paid for any\u00a0services you provide &#8212; 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