Ohio congressman has keen grasp of health care issues.
A hospital trustee himself, Rep. Willis Gradison Jr. (R-OH) believes that mandatory cost controls would weaken the financial capacity of hospitals, greatly reduce their access to the capital market, and ultimately lead to hospitals' ap,lying to the federal government for direct aid in order to operate. It does not make sense, he says, to put cost controls on hospitals and not on other segments of the economy.
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