[Oldexpat]

Those hospitals are reserved for the nomenkultura, govt employees and union people who have the good health policies. The rest of us our out in the cold.

[who_would_fardels_bear]

I've heard about some of these hospitals upgrading to all private rooms with big flat screen TVs and comfortable fold out couches for relatives and visitors. Also, fewer patients per nurse.

The Soviets called their monopolistic crony capitalist system 'Communism'. We call our monopolistic crony capitalist system 'Free Market Capitalism'.

Some say po-tay-to, some say po-tah-to...

[Venturer]

Not sure the hospitals can continue to exist without accepting the Obamacare plan.

Many people will have to go to hospitals that do accept the plan because not all of us can afford a hospital stay that isn’t covered by insurance. Some kind of insurance.