#legalpenalties — Public Fediverse posts

@wesdym
I think the damages ought to be proportionate to the size of the organization and the depth of its pockets. Many #hospitals (yes, even many of those so-called "community" hospitals) are now 100% owned and operated by enormous healthcare mega-conglomerates with substantial assets and cash reserves.

I'm obviously not advocating for completely bankrupting any #healthcare organization here. But when they screw up and cause harm to their #patients, we need to make sure they feel the pain every bit as acutely as their patients do. Otherwise, they'll just keep budgeting for future #LegalPenalties as a #CostOfDoingBusiness, making none of the changes necessary to prevent such incidents from happening again, and laughing all the way to the bank.