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To the Editor: I am frankly amazed that people are still debating the merits of investor-owned and not-for-profit hospitals. I thought we had entered the age of enlightenment on this issue and accepted the fact that all hospitals, whether for-profit or nonprofit, have to make money to survive. Furthermore, both types of hospitals are paid by the government on the same basis. So what's the point of the recent article by Woolhandler and Himmelstein (March 13 issue),¹ and furthermore, who cares?

Sure, if "administrative costs" could be reduced sufficiently, it probably would be enough to "fund" universal health coverage, assuming . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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