April 19, 2007
Senator Expands Inquiries on Hospitals and Colleges
A powerful Republican senator has asked the Government Accountability Office, Congress's investigative arm, to examine how much free care and other services nonprofit hospitals provide to the regions in which they are located. Sen. Charles E. Grassley, of Iowa, said he is concerned that hospitals may not be providing enough services to their local areas to justify the tax breaks they receive.
Mr. Grassley, the senior Republican on the Senate Finance Committee, also said that some
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