You essentially cannot, in the United States, get a group of doctors together to form a hospital as of the passage of Obama's healthcare reform act. (Technicall

You essentially cannot, in the United States, get a group of doctors together to form a hospital as of the passage of Obama's healthcare reform act. (Technically, you can, but that facility cannot become Medicare certified, which is usually a death knell.) [1] [1] = http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2010/06/28/gvsa0628.htm http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2010/06/28/gvsa0628.htm