Here’s what happens when a for-profit company takes over your local ER | Clayton Dalton

Costs are slashed, entire departments of doctors are laid off, and patients' bills go up. I would know

Earlier this year, I stood outside the hospital in New Mexico where I worked as an emergency physician. I was, for the first time, picketing. The next day I would be fired, another first. At least I wasn't the only one - all of my colleagues would also be terminated.

Why would a hospital fire an entire department of doctors?