NYS HOSPITAL RATE-SETTING THE ABUSE OF POWER; EXCERPTS FROM CONVERSION AND OTHER OPTIONS TO REDUCE EXCESS HOSPITAL CAPACITY (Walter McClure and Lenore Kligman); THE CONSUMER COMMISSION PROTESTS (Letter signed by DONALD RUBIN); CIR JOINS THE FIGHT; NEW YORK STATE’S BID FOR TOTAL CONTROL

This issue covers the controversy of proposed hospital closings and the mixture of political power and gain by the more expensive and elite hospitals at the expense of the HHC and other hospitals serving the poor. New York State is viewed as the power broker seeking to gain maximum control over hospital reimbursement by its role to close less politically aligned hospitals.