Question

Discuss the political modeling of not-for-profit hospital boards of trustees and how decisions might be made with regard to whether a hospital chooses to treat as many patients as possible or being as high quality as possible. How might BoT gifts to the hospital be used to provide an individual more influence in that choice than they might have otherwise?

Answer 1

Non profit hospitals are mostly funded by charity,religion or research /educational funds.These hospitals does not pay any federal income or state and local property taxes and in return they gives benefit to the community.

Nongovernmental not-for-profit hospitals account for the largest number of facilities at 2,845. There are 1,034 for-profit hospitals, and 983 state and local government hospitals.

Because the public goods that are valued vary across services, among communities, and over time, a responsive nonprofit sector will produce corresponding variations in performance. It is therefore crucial to understand the nature of these variations.

Skeptics of nonprofits' role contend that “proponents of government preferences for nonprofits typically advocate such preferences as rational responses to social concerns; rarely do these discussions assess alternative policy responses to the same concerns.”

NON-PROFITS CAN GIVE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO INDIVIDUALS! Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code provides that an organization that qualifies for exemption from income tax is one that is “organized and operated exclusively” for charitable purposes.