Hospital Overuse During COVID
How many unnecessary services did hospitals deliver in 2020?
Fair Share Spending
U.S. nonprofit hospitals get billions of dollars in tax breaks – are they earning them?
Racial Inclusivity
Which cities have the most segregated hospitals markets?
Pay Equity
How much should we pay nonprofit hospital CEOs? What are we rewarding them for — and what metrics could we base their salaries on instead?
And the winners are…
Who’s on the list of this year’s ten most egregious examples of profiteering and dysfunction in health care?
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