Hospital bailouts next if health reform fails, 1 of 2

(March 3, 2010)

Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, Florida, is one of the largest and most enduring city hospitals in the U.S. Since 1918, it has provided top-notch health care services to south Floridians, and has been a key teaching partner with the University of Miami's medical school. In recent months, the hospital system revealed what first looked like a $50 million shortfall, which after further analysis, inexplicably grew to one of over $200 million.