For-Profit Corporations Are Buying Up More Psychiatric Hospitals. Some Flout Federal Law With Scarce Repercussions.---Psychiatric hospitals — increasingly owned by for-profit corporations — are illegally turning away patients during crises. Yet only a handful face penalties, with fines that are trivial, a ProPublica investigation found.propublica.org/article/psychia #News #MentalHealth #Psychiatry #Hospital #Law #Health #Medicine

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[–] 1 point 1 year ago

@ProPublica It seems For-Profit corporations are buying up everything, from prisons to schools to hospitals and no one is held accountable as long as the money goes into the right pockets.

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