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In several major cities, authorities have announced their intention to sell, close, or drastically cut the services of public hospitals.^1,2,3 Reductions in payments for the elderly and poor from federal, state, and local governments threaten the viability of institutions that have served the public in some instances for more than a century. For many of us, even their names — Boston City Hospital, L.A. County Hospital, Jackson Memorial, Grady, and Bellevue — evoke memories of a time when public hospitals were a proud symbol of the dedication of staff physicians and nurses to the needy and represented the very best . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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