1. “Bitter Fight Over Ailing Hospital” looks at why two for-profit companies are fighting to buy a money-losing, debt-ridden Catholic hospital in one of New Jersey’s poorest cities, how they propose to make money, what it means for taxpayers and the behind-the-scenes politicking that may determine the outcome. 2. “For Profits Cash in on Hospital Land” explores a new and completely unregulated method for-profit owners use to raise cash for hospitals — by selling the hospitals’ land and buildings and leasing them back. 3. “Hospital Owners Cashing In,” details the questionable financial practices of new owners of a Secaucus, NJ hospital. 4. “The Pain Doctor” is a shocking tale of an anesthesiologist who operated outside of his specialty at small unlicensed surgical centers, irreparably harming unsuspecting patients, and the lax state oversight that permitted him to do so — even after a manslaughter conviction in England.
