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Mayo Clinic Health System: Truth, Falsehood, and Ice Cream

Mayo has fractured trust by misrepresenting operating losses in Albert Lea to justify hospital closure, Dr. Noseworthy condoned prioritizing patients based on their pocketbooks while third quarter earnings went through the roof, and hospital leadership condescendingly compared driving 23 miles in labor as being equivalent to buying ice cream.

Niran Al-Agba2020-05-26T02:11:40+00:00January 23, 2018|Categories: Patient, Policy|Tags: ACA, Affordable Care, Consolidation, Corporatization, Hospitals, Mayo, Rural Care, Transparency|

Et Tu, Dr. Noseworthy?

Should patients fire their doctors if they suspect burnout? In a recent PBS interview, Dr. Noseworthy suggested patients should “change physicians” when faced with non-empathetic doctors suffering from burnout. His cavalier resolution (continue reading →)

Niran Al-Agba2020-05-03T23:31:15+00:00November 2, 2016|Categories: Policy, Practice|Tags: Corporate Medicine, Corporatization, Health Policy, Hospitals, Mayo|