AHA: Limited-service hospitals send misleading letter to candidates

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American Hospital Association/Yahoo! Finance, December 13, 2007

The American Hospital Association says that a letter recently sent to presidential candidates about specialty hospitals is "all fiction, no facts." In response, the AHA and the Iowa Hospital Association sent their own letter to the candidates that says limited-service facilities drive up the nation's healthcare costs and threaten to dismantle vital community resources for patients.

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