Opinion: The closure of a historic hospital is an ominous warning sign

On a recent visit to the City of Brotherly Love in August, I was sipping a bubble tea while walking through the colorful streets of Chinatown. A short distance away, a building towered above Broad Street. A building that had been serving this city since 1848. A building that had seen the Civil War, two World Wars and the Civil Rights movement—but was not able to survive something seemingly far less momentous: a private equity investor.