News reports show new facets of the health law as the large-scale implementation process continues to unfold. The law imposes stringent restrictions on physician-owned hospitals, which critics say cherry pick the lucrative specialty patients community hospitals depend on to stay afloat, Kaiser Health News/USA Today report. The law, a victory for established hospitals, requires new ones to open and gain Medicare's approval by Dec. 31 -- a deadline about 30 hope to beat -- and the existing 269 facilities will not be allowed to expand without special approval (Weaver, 10/28)...
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