In Appalachia, Two Hospital Giants Seek State-Sanctioned Monopoly

(By Phil Galewitz for Kaiser Health News)

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. — Looking out a fourth-floor window of his hospital system’s headquarters, Alan Levine can see the Appalachian Mountains that have defined this hardscrabble region for generations. Continue reading article here…

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