NewYork-Presbyterian

If union members ratify the deal, thousands of nurses will return to work next week, concluding a multiweek strike across several hospital systems.

Per capita spending on hospital care in New York rose by about 30% in just four years. The costs can get handed down to the unions' members, many of whom work low-income jobs.

NewYork-Presbyterian became the first hospital system in the state to require COVID-19 shots for employees. Local unions are not pleased.

Fueling the boom of luxury hospital suites are rich medical tourists from other countries who often pay in cash, as opposed to the rest of us sick fiends who have to use insurance.