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Melanie Evans

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PubMed2006

Public sector buying spree. In a spate of Sunbelt deals, four publicly owned systems have bought five hospitals to adapt to market pressures.

Like traders in the pits, public hospital systems have been yelling "Buy, buy" in recent months. The commodities in question: not-for-profit hospitals. With a Wall Street spirit, public hospitals claim the latest acquisitions are simply a response to market pressure. Economist Stephen Zuckerman, left, calls the trend "surprising." Major pros and cons, however, give this particular investment high stakes.

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PubMed2006

Nurses ready to right back. Ruling that full-time charge nurses can't belong to unions has labor leaders determined to work for ways around it.

Nurse labor leaders are fighting mad over last week's ruling that full-time charge nurses aren't eligible for union membership. Labor and healthcare insiders say the decision leaves gray areas that will have to be settled at the negotiating table. Barbara Medvec, left, an executive at the system that brought the case before the NLRB, says she finds the "silence" on part-time charge nurses puzzling.

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PubMed2006

The grade is: 66 out of 100. Commonwealth gives U.S. healthcare a sickly ranking, but some say it's time to offer solutions, not point out problems.

When the Commonwealth Fund issued its first scorecard on the U.S. healthcare system, the news wasn't so great. But the project's authors said the score of 66 points out of 100 shouldn't be interpreted as a failing grade, but a sign the nation can do much better. The U.S. spends 16% of its GDP on healthcare, said Karen Davis, president of the Commonwealth Fund. "We are not getting good value for that investment."

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