Hospital building blitz in high gear
UW Health is planning a hospital for Madison's Far East Side, which Meriter Health Services says isn't needed. SSM Health Care, owner of St. Mary's Hospital, has talked of building a hospital in Sun Prairie. In Janesville, SSM will open a $150 million hospital early next year. Mercy Health System, which owns the city's existing hospital, says there's no need for a second one. (WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL, 5/23)