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Article: A civic republican view of hospital closures and community health planning.
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- Fordham Urban Law Journal
- Article date:
- April 1, 2008
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I. INTRODUCTION
Listening to today's news, it is impossible not to hear someone call for immediate health care reform. The uninsured, rising health care costs, the diabetes epidemic, the financial instability of health care facilities--these are just some of the issues that have contributed to what has become a health crisis of epic proportions. Presidential candidates,(1) former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer,(2) and even New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn(3) have presented various reform proposals to cover the uninsured and underinsured, expand primary care, and curb inflated health care costs in an effort to manage this crisis. What is missing from ...