Hospitals have some long-term patients not for medical reasons, but because they have no where to go. Giving them interim housing looks like a better answer.
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Wednesday, October 2, 2024
Why Hospitals Are Getting Into the Housing Business
Topics: Guest Post, Health care, Income disparity
Posted by Yves Smith at 4:25 am | 30 Comments »
Federal Appeals Court Issues Mixed Decision on Net Neutrality
Parsing a mixed ruling on net neutraliity.
Topics: Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Legal, Politics, Regulations and regulators, Technology and innovation
Posted by Yves Smith at 4:25 am | 2 Comments »
Splendid! Met Our Fourth Goal, On to Our Fifth: Karōshi Prevention
If you haven’t had the time to give yet, please visit our Tip Jar to help meet our fifth fundraising goal, burnout prevention.
Topics: Notices
Posted by Yves Smith at 4:15 am | 9 Comments »
Hooray! Thanks! Hit Our Third Fundraiser Target, Well on Our Way to the Fourth: Guest Bloggers
Thanks to the generous donations so far, we’ve met another target and are closing in rapidly on our new one, bonuses to Lambert and Jerri-Lynn. Please give if you haven’t already!
Topics: Notices
Posted by Yves Smith at 8:27 pm | 2 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 10/4/2019
Today’s Water Cooler:
Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 158 Comments »
Announcing the 2019 Double Your Donations Challenge!
Take advantage of a generous offer! Double your donation!
Topics: Notices
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:15 am | 28 Comments »
Links 10/4/19
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 201 Comments »
“We Interrupt Our Regular Programming for This Important Announcement”
What if Naked Capitalism went dark?
Topics: Guest Post, Notices
Posted by Yves Smith at 4:26 am | 13 Comments »
CalPERS to Announce Loss of JJ Jelincic in Board Election; Dirty, Illegal Tactics Against Jelincic Undermine Legitimacy of Incumbent’s Win
CalPERS’ allies defeated pro-accountability board challenger JJ Jelincic via dirty, illegal tactics and massive dark money spending.
Topics: Banana republic, CalPERS, Legal, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 3:29 am | 22 Comments »
Bad Debts Make Good Profits – But What Are the Social Costs?
As European borrowers choke on debts they can’t repay, due to a significant degree to austerity-induced weak economies, financial profiteers swoop in to take advantage of the distress.
Topics: Banking industry, Credit markets, Economic fundamentals, Europe, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Macroeconomic policy, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 3:24 am | 11 Comments »
Trump’s Executive Order is a Backdoor Privatization of Medicare
Why Trump’s “expansion” of Medicare Advantage is an insurer boondoggle at the expense of taxpayers and patients.
Topics: Banana republic, Guest Post, Health care, Politics, Ridiculously obvious scams
Posted by Yves Smith at 3:01 am | 33 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 10/3/2019
Today’s Water Cooler: Trade, Biden, Sanders to debate, Warren, deliberative democracy, voting machines, factory orders, services, employment, Facebook, Mr. Market, GretaThunberg. fear as messaging, Cuomo and the SEIU, GM strike, science and “the science”
Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 163 Comments »
What Gandhi Believed Is the Purpose of a Corporation
Gandhi had a well-developed view on corporate goverance and influenced business leaders.
Topics: Corporate governance, Economic fundamentals, Free markets and their discontents, Globalization, Guest Post, Legal, Social values
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 12 Comments »
Links 10/3/19
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 191 Comments »
Naked Capitalism: Integrity, Dedication – and Community
Naked Capitalism’s community rocks, particularly in flyover!
Topics: Guest Post, Notices
Posted by Yves Smith at 4:30 am | 9 Comments »