The Amazon of Health Care?

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According to Slate.com, the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, a sprawling health system that dominates much of western Pennsylvania’s health care market, announced that it would spend $2 billion to build a trio of new hospitals within its home city.

Questions:
1. What was the purpose of each of the three hospitals?
2. What was the overall 5-year goal?
3. What do the Pittsburgh locals think about the move and why?
4. What type of economic trends and changes are happening in Pittsburgh in general?

Weissmann, J. (2018). Hyper Tension. Slate.com. May 11 (Retrievable online from https://slate.com/business/2018/05/pittsburghs-upmc-wants-to-be-the-amazon-of-health-care.html)