• Carrolade@lemmy.world
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    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.

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      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.