title: Pennsylvania challenges hospital tax exemptions.
abstract: When a charitable hospital begins competing with businesses that normally are "for profit," such as laundries, the hospital stands a substantial chance of losing its state and county tax-exempt status. Nevertheless, healthcare organizations across the country routinely undertake commercial projects and amass profits without challenge. Here are two case histories that prove citizen involvement can spell the deathknell for unfair competition.
authors: Textile Rental Services Association, Hallandale, FL 33009.
authors: S J
authors: SJ
authors: Fellman
mesh_terms: D002608:Charities / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D003132:Commerce / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D004465:Economic Competition; D006754:Hospital Restructuring / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006788:Hospitals, Voluntary / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D016365:Liability, Legal; D010414:Pennsylvania; D013660:Taxes / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*