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8/17/12

You're So Bain!

Edward Linsmier for The New York Times

A WHISTLE-BLOWER Dr. Abraham Awwad’s

complaints over the safety of the dialysis programs

at two HCA-owned hospitals prompted state investigations.

A Giant Hospital Chain Is Blazing a Profit Trail

By JULIE CRESWELL and REED ABELSON

Published: August 14, 2012

During the Great Recession, when many hospitals across the country were nearly brought to their knees by growing numbers of uninsured patients, one hospital system not only survived — it thrived.

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Promises Kept

“If there's a child on the south side of Chicago who can't read, that matters to me, even if it's not my child. If there's a senior citizen somewhere who can't pay for their prescription, who has to choose between medicine and the rent, that makes my life poorer - even if it's not my grandparent. If there's an Arab-American or Mexican-American family being rounded up by John Ashcroft without benefit of an attorney or due process, I know that that threatens my civil liberties. And I don't have to be a woman to be concerned that the Supreme Court is trying to take away a woman's right, because I know that my rights are next. It is that fundamental belief - I am my brother’s keeper, I am my sister’s keeper - that makes this country work.”― Barack Obama

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