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Ellen T. Murphy

The critical condition of have-not hospitals

By Ellen T. Murphy
February 14, 2006

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MEMO TO healthcare reform advocates: Don't forget the safety-net hospitals. These hospitals are in poor, urban communities across Massachusetts. They provide a vital safety net to the Commonwealth's most vulnerable citizens -- the working poor and uninsured. These hospitals and healthcare centers don't have the luxury of negotiating the majority of their payments for the care they deliver. Instead, they ... (Full article: 690 words)

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