Every day an involuntarily incarcerated patient stays at North Tampa Behavioral hospital, the hospital gets $1500. From Simon Black at sovereignman.com:
An 89 year old man named Robert Allen was feeling depressed after Christmas.
He went to the emergency room, and told the doctor that he had thoughts of hurting himself. Using his powers under the Baker Act, the doctor sent Robert to a mental health facility called North Tampa Behavioral.
Florida’s Baker Act allows doctors, police, or judges to involuntarily commit patients to psychiatric hospitals for up to 72 hours if they show signs that they may hurt themselves or others.
