Battle over Phoebe North stalling growth

Regardless of your opinion of the ongoing battle between Phoebe Putney Health System and the Federal Trade Commission over the fate of Phoebe North (the former Palmyra Medical Center), the uncertainty surrounding the issue is a hindrance to economic development in the metro Albany area.

Business leaders, when making plans for their companies, need to have a solid idea about where things are headed, and health care is one of those critical areas that has to be carefully calculated. That is one of the issues that has come from President Obama