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Catholic hospitals were founded to help the poor. Now they pay executives millions and charge some of the highest prices ...
When Jessica Staten’s kidney stones wouldn’t pass, she said, her doctor suggested a procedure to “blow ’em up.” She went to have it done last November at St. Joseph Medical Center in Bellingham, Washington, one of nine hospitals that the Catholic health …