Communities strike back. Residents oppose ceding control to outside not-for-profit chains

"We want our hospital back!" is the rallying cry in more communities as they fight outsider not-for-profit healthcare systems for control of their local hospitals. To date, most of the policy debate has centered on acquisitions of community hospitals by for-profit chains. But the rapid development of regional systems, which merge a number of once-independent hospitals, means even more bitter clashes lie ahead involving deals with the not-for-profit sector.