Nonprofit Kaiser Looks to Grow With Obama Health Plans

Kaiser Permanente, the nation’s largest nonprofit health-care organization, is poised to capitalize on the Obama administration’s plans for sweeping changes in the medical field, the Los Angeles Times reports.

The organization, one of California’s biggest employers, opened a $600-million hospital in Hollywood on Tuesday and is viewed by many health-care advocates as a model. While scores of hospitals have closed statewide in recent years, Kaiser is engaged in a $10-billion campaign to increase bed capacity and earthquake-proof aging facilities.

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