Last night I read about David and Goliath (1 Samuel 17), one of the best-known stories of the Bible. Symbolically, this is the situation Jackson Hospital finds itself in today.
Before we took over the operation of Jackson Hospital, we completed thousands of hours of due diligence. Our conclusion? It was simply too big a task. Every one of the other 198 companies solicited by the hospital made the same determination. But the governor came back to us and suggested the state and potentially others could participate. What would it take?
We went back to work and developed a plan. If the state, county and city participated, if we could get private financial support, and if our commercial payers joined in, it absolutely could work. We presented our plan to all parties. The local and state governments committed cash grants, and Jackson Investment Group offered $75 million of private financing. Given this strong show of support, we came in and took over the operation in November 2025…