US Big 6 Publicly-Held Hospitals and Related Services, Led By Giant HCA, Paid Total US Federal Income Tax Rate of 24.7% in the Most Recent Five Years, 10.3% Below the Statutory US Federal Income Tax Rate on Large Corporations of 35.0% ...................................................................................... The Free-Spending Trump Administration Reacts By Irrationally Trying To Force the US Senate To Lower US Federal Income Taxes on These Large Corporations By Another 43% By Reducing the Statutory US Federal Income Tax Rate From 35.0% to 20.0% ...................................................................................... Do You Think Hospital Patients Will Get Any Breaks on Their Patient Fees From These Massively Lower US Federal Income Taxes To Be Paid By Hospitals? There is No Way

Based on a review of their audited annual financial statements and income tax footnotes filed with the SEC, below is the US Federal Income Tax Paid along with the related US Pretax Income for each of the US Big 6 Publicly-Held Hospitals and Related Services Companies for the most recent five years:

																Total	Total
																5 Years	5 Years	5 Years
	2016	2016		2015	2015		2014	2014		2013	2013		2012	2012		2012-16	2012-16	2012-16
	US	US		US	US		US	US		US	US		US	US		US	US	Effective
	Tax	Pretax		Tax	Pretax		Tax	Pretax		Tax	Pretax		Tax	Pretax		Tax	Pretax	US Tax
Hospitals and Related Services	Paid	Income		Paid	Income		Paid	Income		Paid	Income		Paid	Income		Paid	Income	Rate Paid
	mils $s	mils $s		mils $s	mils $s		mils $s	mils $s		mils $s	mils $s		mils $s	mils $s		mils $s	mils $s
HealthSouth Corp	16	482		3	396		3	387		1	395		1	340		24	2,000	1.2%
Envision Healthcare	65	205		83	496		9	294		8	303		15	257		180	1,555	11.6%
Davita	337	1,145		183	765		188	1,341		334	1,125		239	1,001		1,281	5,377	23.8%
HCA Holdings	1,129	4,810		1,259	3,957		916	3,481		827	2,946		604	2,894		4,735	18,088	26.2%
Universal Health Services	369	1,156		364	1,146		248	930		257	869		254	764		1,492	4,865	30.7%
MEDNAX	167	514		169	540		168	509		135	448		112	388		751	2,399	31.3%
Total all 6	2,083	8,312		2,061	7,300		1,532	6,942		1,562	6,086		1,225	5,644		8,463	34,284	24.7%