Penalties not lowering hospital-acquired infection rates

A penalty program established to reduce infections and other complications in U.S. hospitals hasn’t made these events less likely or reduced fatalities or repeat hospitalizations, a large study suggests.

My Comment: The penalties are way too low. 1% is garbage! Why should they care when it's only 1%? The Hospitals should be penalized 100%! Then maybe, just maybe, Hospital Acquired Infections will no longer exist! When they start losing big time, patients will stop dying. Don't forget, they only care about the Almighty DOLLAR!!!