They should have been given a Miranda warning

Sometimes the exact words that people use to blame others serve as the most powerful indictment of their own ineptitude and culpability.  Imagine if you were to read the following statements from the owner/governing body of any non-profit hospital in America, describing a situation that lasted almost a decade:[The hospital owner's president] blamed the facility’s debt on administrators who were not forthcoming. “We were not getting full disclosure. We would ask the questions and we were not getting a full response.”The hospital’s deficit began in 2006 and . . . its administrators did not reveal it despite being asked numerous times. “We don’t know why we didn’t get the information. We asked the questions but did not get the answers.”At one board meeting, trustees inquired about the hospital’s finances and “the board chair said it would be looked into. But at the end of the board meeting, we did not have a clarification.”"After three years of mounting debt, [we] hired outside auditors who discovered the extent of it. They were using available funds to cover it and were reporting an amount that included those funds. Our consultant showed us the real cash flow deficit before funds were transferred to cover it. Both sets of numbers were legitimate, but ours showed a red flag.”The debt currently totals $350 million, and [the hospital owner's president] cites the administrators’ carefree attitude towards expenses, as well as viewing the [hospi...
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