Huntsville Hospital’s acquisition of Crestwood Medical Center, the city’s only other hospital, is raising questions about healthcare in north Alabama.
Community Health Systems agreed to sell the assets of the 180-bed Crestwood Medical Center, along with its outpatient center and practices, for $450 million. Social media comments on the merger raised concerns over quality, access to treatment and workers’ rights and pay.
“This is not a good thing. Huntsville is too big to not have choices in healthcare,” a commenter noted…