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