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Profits Over Patients

NBC News investigates HCA Healthcare, documenting issues of patient safety and quality of care at its facilities around the country.NBC News investigates HCA Healthcare, the largest for-profit hospital company in the U.S., documenting issues of patient safety and quality of care at its facilities around the country.

  • National Day of Action by National Nurses United to save lives in Corpus Christi, Texas, on  Aug. 5.
    Part One: Understaffing dangers

    Some workers at U.S. hospital giant HCA say it puts profits above patient care

  • Bayonet Point Hospital in 2022.
    Part Two: Facility Failures

    Roaches in the operating room: Doctors at HCA hospital in Florida say patient care has suffered from cost cutting

  • Surgical team walking down hospital corridor
    Part Three: Nurses in Debt

    'Indentured servitude': Nurses hit with hefty debt when trying to leave hospitals

  • Grainy, desaturated image of empty hospital bed
    Part Four: Pushing Hospice

    Doctors say HCA hospitals push patients into hospice care to improve mortality stats

  • Photo collage of telemetry reading, hospital bed, and Terry Downs.
    Part Five: Vital Signs

    The person monitoring your heart at the hospital may be monitoring 79 other patients

  • Bayonet Point Hospital in 2022.
    Impact

    Lawmakers seek info into unsafe conditions at Florida hospital after NBC News investigation

  • Bayonet Point Hospital.
    Impact

    CEO of HCA hospital in Florida that allegedly had roaches in the operating room leaves job

  • Mission Hospital in Asheville, N.C.
    Impact

    State attorney general, doctors and nurses criticize HCA over patient care at North Carolina's Mission Hospital

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