In the US, the largest amount of healthcare expenditure is spent on hospital care (about 30%), making hospitals a central interest of policymakers, administrators, and researchers. Approximately 60% of the current US hospitals are not-for-profit and one of the persistent policy priorities is related to not-for-profit hospitals' responsibility to provide community benefits (Click hereLinks to an external site. and hereLinks to an external site. for additional reading).

In your own word, reflecting on our class discourse, discuss 1) the difference between not-for-profit and for-profit hospitals, 2) why not-for-profit hospitals are required to provide a wide variety of community benefits, and 3) how not-for-profit hospitals are fairing to meet this requirement.