Time to remove health care from ideological debate

In my last visit to this space, I raised several questions about our network of hospitals in an era of health care reform. Fundamentally though, I had one overarching question: Should we attempt to plan the transition to a more efficient and right-sized network of hospitals, a change that could better serve the needs of our communities today while containing costs, or should we simply wait and let the market do it for us? With perhaps just a hint of presumption, I pointed out one or the other will most certainly happen. More

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