Do drug companies and hospitals take advantage of sick people?

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Answer by Chester Melton
That’s disadvantage, not advantage isn’t it?

Answer by Frank
No. Most hospitals lose money.

People are shocked by high bills, but they demand expensive care. Building that MRI and operating it with a constant supply of expenvive liquid oxygen and highly trained technicians and doctors takes real money. So does keeping an operating room and an intensive care unit.

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