They made the house of healing a den of robbers

Doctor catches insurance companies exchanging money in a hospital

This meme is a satirical commentary on for-profit healthcare that recontextualizes the classic biblical scene of Jesus cleansing the Temple of Jerusalem. In the original biblical story, Jesus drives money changers out of the temple, saying they turned God's house of prayer into a den of robbers. The meme re-frames this scene: Jesus is cast as a doctor, the money changers are cast as corrupt insurance companies exchanging profit in a hospital (the 'house of healing'). The image uses an existing biblical illustration of the temple cleansing, with added text that reads 'Doctor catches insurance companies exchanging money in a hospital', drawing a direct parallel between ancient religious profiteering and modern exploitative healthcare profiteering by insurance companies.

This meme originates from Reddit, as a political commentary meme criticizing the American for-profit healthcare system. It repurposes an existing pre-made biblical illustration of the Cleansing of the Temple, adding humorous contextually relevant text to create the satire. It circulates widely across social media among people critical of unregulated health insurance and rising healthcare costs.