Can you kindly wait a few months first? Pragmatism before virtue.
Second, given that the hospitals' priority seems to be protecting their own reputations over the health of their employees what makes you think that allowing them to act as they see fit during this crisis is the "pragmatic" approach that will lead to fewer deaths? It's plainly apparent that safety is not at the top of their list, maybe a leadership adjustment will save lives in the long run.
Either the rules of civil society apply to everyone, or they apply to nobody.
When people with power brazenly disregard those rules, but expect everyone else to keep following them, the correct response is to not sit down and shut up.
We could open up massive free clinics in every city tomorrow morning. Nothing is stopping us.
What a garbage interpretation of what is going on. Jesus Christ, I'm jaded and cynical, but that's just too much.
Saying that we don't want to overwhelm our medical capacity because of the billing, versus the actual reason of human deaths. Too much. That's just too much.
Every cog in that machine is still spinning along, wasting massive amounts of time and resources. ER docs are still on the phone fighting insurance companies, while treating covid patients, right now, today. This is reality.
If you complain about any of this you will be fired by the hospital you work for.
If enough medical providers are fired who are desperately needed, the government will step in to replace health system administration.