They close hospital wings, fire workers, throw out equipment, "furlough" more employees, then complain that hospitals are at 90% capacity.
They could double their capacity in many circumstances, with minimal efforts or negative effects. But they want to make money, so they reduce everything down to, gasp surprise, match demand. And demand is very low. If demand goes up, so too will their capacity, their supply, because they're sitting on piles of unused resources!
They close hospital wings, fire workers, throw out equipment, "furlough" more employees, then complain that hospitals are at 90% capacity.
They could double their capacity in many circumstances, with minimal efforts or negative effects. But they want to make money, so they reduce everything down to, gasp surprise, match demand. And demand is very low. If demand goes up, so too will their capacity, their supply, because they're sitting on piles of unused resources!
True. Good point.