One of the many things wrong with our health care system

A Hospital War Reflects a Bind for Doctors in the U.S.

For decades, doctors in picturesque Boise, Idaho, were part of a tight-knit community, freely referring patients to the specialists or hospitals of their choice and exchanging information about the latest medical treatments.

But that began to change a few years ago, when the city’s largest hospital, St. Luke’s Health System, began rapidly buying physician practices all over town, from general practitioners to cardiologists to orthopedic surgeons.

Today, Boise is a medical battleground.

Granted, I come from a mentality that thinks health care should not come down to dollars and cents, that it shouldn't be about big business corporations deciding who lives and who dies. Health care should be about saving lives, about people and their stories, their wellness and their quality of life. But that's me.