McClatchy papers investigate NC Hospitals

From today's Charlotte Observer. The second in a five part series on NC's hospitals and their profits.

Adam Searing, director of the N.C. Justice Center’s Health Access Coalition, questions whether many hospitals are doing enough charitable work to earn their tax exemptions.

“I feel like the hospitals are breaking the contract they made,” he said.

Jessica Curtis, director of Community Catalyst’s Hospital Accountability Project, said the Observer’s findings echo what she sees happening elsewhere in the country. “It’s almost a blatant disregard for the needs of the poor,” said Curtis, whose Boston-based group works to improve access to care.

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