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Originally Posted by mhays
I wonder how much of that employment is actual caring for people / innovating / etc., vs. paper shuffling due to the US' absurd payment, liability, etc., situation.
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Well it's true that Pittsburgh has a massive hospital sector and UPMC has been a giant in making money and paying virtually little taxes. They get special treatment though because of how important they are to Pittsburgh. You have to wonder though like the article states how long the gold rush can last.
@mhays: Not sure about the whole country but in Pittsburgh where we have major research universities and many medical tech companies springing up, innovation is very high. Everything from streamlining clerical work to digital records to robotics and of course medical instruments.
The recently finished $600+ million Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh.
http://old.post-gazette.com/pg/09095...lthscience.xml
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ch...Pittsburgh.jpg
Research tower on left.