Quote Originally Posted by xu82 View Post
I think you can have more than one goal. Just my opinion, but I don’t think you have to choose between the two if you do it correctly. He asked why a place that saves lives has to worry about revenue. On some level, everyone needs to worry about revenue. It would be great if we had unlimited resources to pay the staff and keep the lights on while paying for all that fancy equipment, but that money has to come from somewhere. If for profit healthcare can be smarter and/or more efficient than a public option, why should I resent that competition? It’s a tricky balancing act.

This is a rabbit hole I don’t want to go down, so I’ll leave it at that.
Your recent question and follow-up responses were spot on.

Government controlled medical care versus private enterprise medical care. Gee, I wonder which of the two is FUNDAMENTALLY the better way to go.