Editorial Says Santa Clara Plan ‘Shuns’ Private Providers
According to a San Jose Mercury News editorial, a plan to reorganize Santa Clara County's health care system considered Wednesday by the county Board of Supervisors' Health and Hospital Committee is "vague at best" and "shuns the private hospitals and clinics" that have helped the county deliver health care services in the past. The editorial states that although "[s]treamlining operations of various kinds definitely can help control costs," the "county system has worked best when all of the players -- public and private -- have a stake in it."
- "Mercury News Editorial: County Needs To Clarify Health Care Strategy" (San Jose Mercury News, 8/14).