[retiredguy123]

I moved here from Fairfax, Virginia where the Fairfax Hospital is a nonprofit hospital that I know provides excellent treatment for children. They accept tax deductible donations like most other hospitals. They accept insurance, do research, and provide charity care. Every day, I watch television commercials for the Shriners and Saint Jude children’s hospitals begging for donations. These two hospitals use over $110 million per year in national advertising time, way more than any other hospital. But, these ads don’t seem to provide any information about how they may be better than other hospitals. I actually consider the ads annoying because of the lack of information about what they really do with the donated money. Personally, I would rather give money to hospitals that don’t spend enormous amounts of advertising money. But, apparently a lot of people don’t see it that way. I would like some opinions on this topic.