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		missedthecue on April 6, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: If you imagine a business making surgical facemask... Almost all hospitals don't make profit. They don't have the $$ to sign contracts like that for everything they need.

lonelappde on April 6, 2020 [–]

They don't make corporate profit because they funnel the money to management salaries and adminstration companies.

missedthecue on April 6, 2020 | | [–]

Whether this is true or not doesn't change my point

greedo on April 6, 2020 | | [–]

And many operate as non-profits to shelter income.

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