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Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Senate approves new hospital category

The state Senate today gave a national chain of cancer treatment hospitals an avenue to open shop in Georgia. Senators voted 31 to 23 to create a new category of "destination" hospitals. They would operate under different regulatory rules than other health care facilities. Critics say everyone should have to play by the same rules and that the for-profit company is receiving special treatment.

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