Conversation broadens to question healthcare advertising necessity
7 Sep 19 8:54 PM · 4d ago · 26 comments · 1 source · development 7 of 7
Users questioned the fundamental purpose of hospital and healthcare advertising, with some asking why healthcare systems need to advertise their services at all, framing sponsorships as unnecessary institutional excess.
“also why does a hospital need to advertise?”
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Yeah Grandma we used AI to determine it’s best we deny your coverage and use that money to advertise at a sports stadium instead
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Imagine being a physician working for said hospital Or insurance owned medical system and being told we have to produce more to cover their expenses and see their name in ever end zone, plastered around golf courses and ever indoor arena. Even sponsoring nascar liveries.
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Energy Transfer spent on ads with the Phillies when they were laying pipelines that moved Marcellus Shale gas across the state. A judge granted them eminent domain as a public utility. Gas dropped. They now ship overseas and dropped Phils ads. All risk no reward to residents.
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I just wanna earn a good salary taking care of my patients. Don’t need to be a NASCAR sponsor or any sports. Never had a patient said to me, Oh. I saw your company’s name in then Dallas end zone.
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United Health has a slew of UH marked seats behind home plate at Target Field in Minneapolis. Afraid to use their full name, so University of Houston it is!
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Insurance companies spend billions on advertising instead of paying out claims
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You don’t see that at Blue Jays home games. Wonder why that is. 🍁 🔵🐦
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all the time. also why does a hospital need to advertise?
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The things that our health 'care' subsidizes will earn a whole lotta folks their extra 🔥 🥵 🔥 places in hell, no? -On a more serious tone: the Ewww Esss Ayyy is plummeting to a most dreadful of the failed nation states. Such inequities to our imbalances of system & infrastructure are prime examples.
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GEHA stadium in KC. My wife has them based, on their product. It is offensive that we all pay more so they can spend 8 figures a year to name Arrowhead. Of course neither party disclosed the dollars involved because it is obscene.
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Probably from demanding large monthly payments for their payment plans and engaging collection agencies to collect the money even if you haven't missed a payment like my insurance company did.
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Wonder the same about service companies. I will never call that plumbing company or electrical company that does massive advertising on tv. I prefer the small potatoes.
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💯 None of us actually have Insurance We are just paying into the machine of monopolies that create an illusion
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Yep. In my city there are two hospital organizations. One sponsors baseball and the other sponsors football. 🫤
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National health insurance is the key! Not you paying the premiums to your exorbitant insurance policy.
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From denying your claims and telling your doctor to treat you like a box on an Amazon conveyor belt.
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And NASCAR and the Olympics and the NFL and the NBA and the Superbowl and college sports and and and
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For profit healthcare only makes a profit when providers deny adequate healthcare.
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