The bankruptcy of the Allegheny Health System and its consequences

In the midst of the healthcare consolidation of the past decade, many have overlooked the inevitable: some of the consolidated systems are bound to fail. The following Commentary gives the reader a close look at the rapid decline of one such system, the Allegheny Health System, and the impact of that failure, the "rescue" of the System's facilities, and the System's ongoing bankruptcy upon delivery of healthcare in the Philadelphia area.