<story><title>McKinsey and Providence colluded to force poor patients into destitution</title><url>https://pluralistic.net/2022/09/25/criminal-conspiracy/#payment-is-expected</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>trynewideas</author><text>Also recently in Providence Health:&lt;p&gt;Claiming a $500M operating loss to get it back in federal COVID relief funding while sitting on a $100B reserve generating $1B in investment income, as a non-profit[1]&lt;p&gt;Refusing to treat a life-threatening miscarriage by calling it an abortion, in 2019[2]&lt;p&gt;Inspiring the Oregon state legislature to protect access to reproductive health services when religious-based providers like Providence buy them out;[3] unlike secular hospitals, they&amp;#x27;re exempt from state law mandating free reproductive health care[4]&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.nytimes.com&amp;#x2F;2020&amp;#x2F;05&amp;#x2F;25&amp;#x2F;business&amp;#x2F;coronavirus-hospitals-bailout.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.nytimes.com&amp;#x2F;2020&amp;#x2F;05&amp;#x2F;25&amp;#x2F;business&amp;#x2F;coronavirus-hosp...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[2] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;rewirenewsgroup.com&amp;#x2F;2019&amp;#x2F;09&amp;#x2F;25&amp;#x2F;miscarriage-catholic-hospital&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;rewirenewsgroup.com&amp;#x2F;2019&amp;#x2F;09&amp;#x2F;25&amp;#x2F;miscarriage-catholic-...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[3] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.opb.org&amp;#x2F;article&amp;#x2F;2022&amp;#x2F;07&amp;#x2F;06&amp;#x2F;oregon-hospital-merger-law-abortion-access-protections-us-supreme-court-roe-v-wade&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.opb.org&amp;#x2F;article&amp;#x2F;2022&amp;#x2F;07&amp;#x2F;06&amp;#x2F;oregon-hospital-merge...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[4] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;oregoncapitalchronicle.com&amp;#x2F;2022&amp;#x2F;06&amp;#x2F;22&amp;#x2F;health-insurers-not-following-oregon-law-requiring-free-reproductive-health-care-state-audit-says&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;oregoncapitalchronicle.com&amp;#x2F;2022&amp;#x2F;06&amp;#x2F;22&amp;#x2F;health-insurer...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>McKinsey and Providence colluded to force poor patients into destitution</title><url>https://pluralistic.net/2022/09/25/criminal-conspiracy/#payment-is-expected</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>richarlidad</author><text>Reading about the absolute scumbag behavior of these firms is not surprising when the incentives push firms toward poor behavior.&lt;p&gt;It feels like acting against one&amp;#x27;s own interests for the benefit of others is becoming less common. Or I&amp;#x27;m spending too much time on the internet.</text></comment>