We think [specialty hospitals] create an unfair playing field.

We do not have enough hospital beds around the state. Hospitals are operating at very full capacities today. It is not uncommon at all for hospitals to have to go on diversion because their beds are full.

It is important to start building new hospitals and schools as soon as possible but it's most urgent to save the lives of thousands of children who could then make use of these schools.

We understand that the Louisiana attorney general is investigating all deaths that occurred at New Orleans hospitals and nursing homes after the hurricane, and we fully support and are cooperating with him.

In the case of emergency angioplasty, for hospitals it seems that it's not just how many you do, but how used to doing them you are. The overall commitment to doing emergency angioplasties, and the protocols and staffing that come out of that commitment, appear to be key.

In the case of emergency angioplasty, for hospitals, it seems that it's not just how many you do, but how used to doing them you are. The overall commitment to doing emergency angioplasties, and the protocols and staffing that come out of that commitment, appear to be key.