For-profit hospital chain HCA performed unneeded heart procedures
The New York Times published a report Monday that showed some HCA hospitals were performing unnecessary and sometimes dangerous heart procedures in an attempt to make money for the hospital chain. HCA is the largest for-profit hospital chain in the United States.
We talk with Dr. Ray Gibbons, former president of the American Heart Association, about the report.
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