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Don't screw Boston Medical Center just because the state screwed up

Beth Israel Deaconess CEO Paul Levy explains why the answer to the increasing costs of the state's health care system is not to cut funding to Boston Medical Center the and Cambridge Health Alliance, which get extra money from the state for treating such large numbers of the uninsured - an argument made by the Pioneer Institute in the Globe today. ckquote>

The Cambridge Health

By ShadyMilkMan | Tue, 07/22/2008 - 11:17am

The Cambridge Health Alliance is a pretty big network in some urban areas that really need quality care. Even with our new regime there are going to be shortfalls and I think we should think twice before cutting off people who are providing care for those who need it most. Cambridge Health Alliance in particular took on a risk by stepping in to prop up Whidden hospital in Everett which services a diverse community with many of the patients being from poor back grounds. They have put lots of money into places where the free market with no government help may not have allowed the money to flow before.

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