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The city of Brevard, NC, is suing a for-profit hospital chain, accusing it of creating a monopoly by slashing salaries and closing hospitals in a rural area, the Asheville Citizen-Times reports.
Transylvania Regional Hospital was built in 1971 using a $1 million fund raised by the community.
"But we were going to go broke," pediatrician Ora Wells, who practiced at the hospital for 40 years, tells the Carolina Public Press.
So the community sold the hospital to Mission Health system in 2011, when it was still a nonprofit enterprise.
Mission Health is now a group of six hospitals and related medical facilities in Western North Carolina, the biggest of which is in Asheville.
HCA, a for-profit hospital chain, bought Mission Health for $1.5 billion in 2019.
The acquisition required state approval, which came only with stipulations for continued levels and quality of care, as well as the mandate for an independent monitor to oversee compliance.
Since then, complaints about Transylvania Regional Hospital have skyrocketed, though HCA has also faced criticism at many of the affected locations.
If they are in Brevard, the drive is on a major four-lane highway.
Expectant mothers in Transylvania County have to drive to Asheville for care, which can take over an hour.
If they are in Transylvania, the drive is on a
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