There’s no question that many hospitals are going through difficult financial times.
The Washington Post writes that many hospitals are “reporting that donations and investment returns are down, patient visits are flat and profitable diagnostic procedures and elective surgeries are declining as people with inadequate insurance delay care.”
Physician Doug Farrago smells a bailout request in the works, and wonders why hospital administrators aren’t mentioned as part of cost-cutting measures. To that effect, he also asks “why aren’t the CEO salaries mentioned?”
Surely a cut in hospital executive pay can save more than a few nursing jobs.
