California’s public hospitals have enough trouble providing safety-net care and making their finances work without needless interference from the state.
It boggles the mind that Attorney General Xavier Becerra is asking a bankruptcy judge to block Santa Clara County’s effort to buy O’Connor Hospital of San Jose and St. Louise Regional Hospital of Gilroy.
The alternative is closing the hospitals, setting a horrible precedent for any local government that tries to save health care services in its community.
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