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Tax exemptions should come with a public benefit.
If nonprofit hospitals are charging more and earning bigger profits than their taxpaying competitors, taxpayers deserve to know what they’re subsidizing—and patients deserve to see the savings.
It’s No Joke. Nonprofit Hospitals Are More Profitable than For-Profit Hospitals
Studies find that nonprofit hospitals achieve greater profits with higher average prices than for-profit hospitals. On average, nonprofits have 29% greater profits than for-profits.
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Big hospitals aren’t neutral.
Greater New York Hospital Association entities dumped ~$8.8M into the last election cycle, almost all of it to Democrats and liberal groups.
About $12K went to Republicans.
Follow the money. Via @OpenSecrets7Ave
ONE WEEK until Virginians vote on three constitutional amendments that could turn the Commonwealth into California.
Democrats’ amendments on abortion, marriage, and felon voting could reshape Virginia for generations. Question 3 would automatically restore felons’ voting rights upon release from prison, even with parole or unpaid fines remaining.
@KenCuccinelli warns: “[The measure] has nothing to do with financial penalties or parole. It would be a lot more reasonable if it was for felons who served their full sentence, not just for everyone who leaves prison.”
Read our latest on what’s at stake:
ICYMI: Hollywood’s jobs are heading overseas. Congress wants to change that.
As @RepNateMoran put it: “If we want to keep American storytelling in America, we have to level the playing field.”
Read our latest on the bipartisan push to bring film jobs home. 👇
NEW: Abdul El-Sayed denied family ties to the Muslim Brotherhood. His family history and sister’s own words tell a different story: “my family has long been MB.”
@EWErickson examines that contradiction, El-Sayed’s past defense of the Brotherhood, and the money backing his campaign.
Read the full breakdown:
Big banks got their win when Democrats blocked Clarity. Now open banking is in their sights.
@JordanSchachtel details the push to put tolls on your financial data, raising costs and squeezing out competition.
Liz Warren and the Dems are teaming up with the Big Banks to crush innovation and competition: amgreatness.com/2026/10/09/b…
As we previously reported, that could hit Trump Accounts, too. The program uses Plaid to connect parents’ bank accounts, meaning new bank fees could make saving for their kids more expensive and undercut Trump’s affordability agenda.
Full breakdown: deepbackground30.substack.co…
