silence7@slrpnk.net to New York Times gift articles@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 3 months agoHow a Leading Chain of Psychiatric Hospitals Traps Patients | Acadia Healthcare is holding people against their will to maximize insurance payouts, a Times investigation found.www.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up157arrow-down10
arrow-up157arrow-down1external-linkHow a Leading Chain of Psychiatric Hospitals Traps Patients | Acadia Healthcare is holding people against their will to maximize insurance payouts, a Times investigation found.www.nytimes.comsilence7@slrpnk.net to New York Times gift articles@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square4fedilink
minus-squareCarrolade@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·3 months ago Acadia Healthcare is one of America’s largest chains of psychiatric hospitals. Since the pandemic exacerbated a national mental health crisis, the company’s revenue has soared. Its stock price has more than doubled. I think I found the problem.
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·3 months agoYep. This kind of behavior is an inherent consequence of for-profit institutions. The not-for-profit ones aren’t much better in that regard; a lot of them are run as de-facto profit centers for religious denominations.
I think I found the problem.
Yep. This kind of behavior is an inherent consequence of for-profit institutions.
The not-for-profit ones aren’t much better in that regard; a lot of them are run as de-facto profit centers for religious denominations.