Can “Sickcare” Survive the Pandemic?
by Charles Hugh-Smith Like the rest of the financialization machine, sickcare was never sustainable. What was once known as healthcare in the U.S. has largely been replaced by sickcare: healthcare was focused on restoring and maintaining health and was owned and managed by community-based non-profit hospitals. Sickcare is focused on extracting the maximum revenues and profits from managing the chronically ill, and … Read more