The business of hospitals

Maple Grove Hospital  exterior
The exterior of the front entry of the Maple Grove Hospital. The new private 90 room facility is the first freestanding hospital to open in Minnesota in nine years.
Photo Courtesy of Maple Grove Hospital

A new private hospital soon opens in Maple Grove, the first new freestanding hospital built in Minnesota in nine years. The hospital business is not like any other -- competitive but also controlled in many ways by government.

Also, what cuts to General Assistance Medical Care might mean for Minnesota's public, nonprofit hospitals.

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