Article: S&P Affirms South Fork Municipal Authority, PA/UPMC Lee Hospital A-.

NEW YORK, May 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Standard & Poor's today affirmed its single-'A'-minus rating to South Fork Municipal Authority, Pa.'s $14.35 revenue bonds series 1993A, issued for UPMC Lee Hospital (formerly known as Lee Hospital).

The rating reflects:

-- The current and anticipated benefits of Lee becoming a member of the

UPMC Health System (UPMC);

-- Lee's adequate margins and debt service coverage combined with moderate

dilution from a non-obligated physician subsidiary, combined with

improving interim results; and

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