Hospitals across the state are bracing for a coronavirus surge that could push them to the brink.
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Hospitals across the state are bracing for a coronavirus surge that could push them to the brink.
Years from now, the decision in 2018 by the directors of Mission Health to sell to HCA Healthcare might be seen as a brilliant strategic maneuver, one that guaranteed affordable, high-quality healthcare for future generations of western North Carolinians. This was, and still is, the position of the directors and executives who pushed the deal.