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To the Editor: Dr. Hasan's statements in his Sounding Board article, "Let's End the Nonprofit Charade" (April 18 issue),¹ provide a disturbing if eloquent example of the mind-set of corporate leaders in the for-profit sector of the American health care industry. Indeed, he formulates the very philosophy for the hostile takeover of nonprofit medical institutions they apparently envision. In doing so, he reveals a blatant belief in the healing powers of the market that goes beyond anything Adam Smith ever meant to convey to his disciples. But behind Dr. Hasan's self-apologetic portrayal of profit-oriented health care organizations we discern not . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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