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Freddie

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5. Nearby (Philly burbs)

Reply to HockeyMom (Reply #3)

Sun May 26, 2013, 08:12 AM

May 2013

There was an attempted merger of a Catholic and community hospital/health system. The doctors and community response was swift: letters to the editor, a FB page protesting the merger, pickets--and it was stopped. The outstanding community hospital is a regional center for fertility treatment and high-risk pregnancy and birth, no way did they want Catholic directives interfering with the practice of medicine.

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Biblical Medicine? How Religious Corporations Are Gobbling Up Healthcare Facilities [View all] xchrom May 2013 OP

Nothing new.. pipoman May 2013 #1

Their real mission is to line their pockets Freddie May 2013 #2

Yeah, it would be so much better if big for profits ran healthcare pipoman May 2013 #4

Town where I lived tried to fight Catholic Hospital HockeyMom May 2013 #3

Nearby (Philly burbs) Freddie May 2013 #5