That's sophistry. Yes, accountingwise, revenue and profit aren't the same thing, but if healthcare is going to be raking in so much money that the hospitals are throwing fuck you money at the janitors, it's clearly highly profitable for a lot of people, and they want "nobody to profit from healthcare".
You are both correct in that salaries are net counted as profit of a company, but that a person who receives pay (salary or otherwise) may be, or be seen as, profiting.
"Nobody profiting" might reasonably seem to mean that even employees have little or no net gain from their involvement. Perhaps "no company profiting" fits the intended meaning better?
"Making fuck-you money" might cause somebody to assume "making more money than is acceptable, and uncaringly taking advantage of others", which would seem at odds with not profiting.
The claim of "sophistry" seems unfair and provocative, given lack of agreement on definitions. I am tempted to regard the ensuing reaction to the claim as "a shocked and puzzled look".
You are now engaging in sophistry. Doctors in England can be paid more in their system than they make now without putting in profit motives. In a publicly funded system one can pay lots of money to workers without profit in the system.
It’s as if Americans don’t understand that government can provide services and not be profit driven.
This is a nonsensical response. You know what is meant by “profit” in the context of this discussion. You argue in bad faith particularly since you deliberately left off the motive part of my statement.
Obviously what is being discussed is that non-workers should not reap monetary rewards from denying care or otherwise siphoning out money from the healthcare system. You may nitpick each word and be as pedantic as possible but none of that will demonstrate that having PE firms in charge of hospitals would be better than a government or nonprofit entity running things.
Are we in agreement then that it’s best for PE not to be able to buy hospitals? Do we agree that nonprofit (as that term is applied colloquially) entities should run healthcare? I hope we are in agreement on this. If not then I hope your view does not gain support.
What? Sophistry? Are you insane? I've factually described the difference between revenue and profit, and you're saying I'm deliberately trying to deceive someone?
