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this whole thing is a tragic joke. i pray that CPMC/sutter health has actually calculated demand for hospital beds in the city and these new greatly reduced numbers meet that demand. otherwise this is just two-bit politicians playing political games with the health of everyone in the city.

yes. hospitals are big business. but all they're accomplishing by adding layers and layers of fees and constraints is INCREASING the cost of health care, when they should be doing exactly the opposite.

if CPMC had built the SOM design from 2003ish the hospital would be finished and operational and massive amounts of money would have been saved.