Week 5 - Discussion

Week 5 - Discussion

Introduction

The main purpose non-profit healthcare providers are established is to provide charitable healthcare to patients. However, with the constant increase in prices, the amount of donations is not increasing at the same rate as compared to the rate at which costs are increasing. Therefore, overtime, non-profit healthcare providers are converting themselves to for-profit organizations.

Discussion

Since they are exempted from taxes, non-profit organizations have a mission to provide quality healthcare to patients despite their ability to pay. However, many such organizations are charging patients who can afford and not charging those who cannot. This indifference in approach ...