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what i love about this article by"the new york times," elisabeth rosenthal is that she says the reasons that these to my credit candidates are not talking about hospital prices is because they are getting a lot of campaign contributions in their districts from the hospitals. hospitals are run by good people, i believe that. i have met leaders who are good people working in a bad system. this crazy game of jacking up prices so they can give discounts to insurance companies is part of the reason we are spending a ton of money on health care, and hospitals, despite the cries that they are run on razor thin margins and are the bank -- are on the brink of closure, large hospitals are on track to make the largest profit margin in human history, 5.1 percent that translates over to $100 million a year. at the same time the small and rural community hospitals are closing. honest, fair, and transparent pricing, just like we got nutrition labels for food in the industry told us they could not do that. now they are competing on the basis of ingredients and nutrition. hospitals need to be competing

what i love about this article by"the new york times," elisabeth rosenthal is that she says the reasons these to my credit candidates are not talking about hospital prices is because they are getting a lot of campaign contributions in their districts from the hospitals. hospitals are run by good people, i believe that. i have met leaders who are good people working in a bad system. this crazy game of jacking up prices so they can give discounts to insurance companies is part of the reason we are spending a ton of money on health care, and hospitals, despite the cries that they are run on razor thin margins and are the bank -- are on the brink of closure, large hospitals are on track to make the largest profit margin in human history, 5.1 percent that translates over to $100 million a year. at the same time the small and rural community hospitals are closing. honest, fair, and transparent pricing, just like we got nutrition labels for food in the industry told us they could not do that. now they are competing on the basis of ingredients and nutrition. hospitals need to be competing on th