Hospital Project in Murrietta Sees Hurdles in Reform Bill

The U.S. Senate Finance Committee's health care reform bill includes a provision that would prevent Medicare from contracting with physician-owned hospitals.  Lawmakers and local officials say the provision could derail efforts to open Loma Linda University Medical Center-Murrietta because a group of physicians has an ownership stake in the facility.

• "Health Care Bills Threaten Proposed Murrietta Hospital" (Burgin/Goad, Riverside Press-Enterprise, 9/24).