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Ms. RG
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Mom, friend, teacher, theology nerd, lover of Latin America. My patron saints are Óscar Romero & Rich Mullins. Suspicious of capitalism.
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Also, putting aside its fundamental illogic and lunacy, “we will save money by making ppl buy their own health care” fails if the market for care keeps consolidating.

Which… it is!

Shop around … among all the places owned by the same guy.

This was just 2 days ago!
In Part 2 of “Sick in a Hospital Town,” we look at how a century-old community hospital in Albany, Georgia, became the only hospital in town — and grew into a sprawling health care system by waging a yearslong battle to eliminate its competition.
Sick in a Hospital Town, Part 2: The Making of a Monopoly
The story of how a century-old community hospital in Albany, Georgia, grew into a sprawling health care system by waging a yearslong battle to eliminate its competition.
projects.propublica.org
December 11, 2025 at 3:51 AM