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Why the US is facing a hospital bed shortage

6 years 5 months ago
Health care in the U.S. is big business, and hospitals operate at or near full capacity to maximize profits. U.S. hospitals have shed about a half million hospital beds over the past 40 years. But what happens when a pandemic strikes?
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