"The MGH habit will be hard to break"

Expansion of Massachusetts General Hospital is causing some worry:

Slavin is right that the people of Massachusetts expect much from the hospital: the best of care no matter how difficult the case, the training of physicians, and advances in medical research. But government, business, and consumers in the state can only afford so much. The long-term cost trends at MGH will be evident in a year or two, when private insurers negotiate their rates with the hospitals. If rates don’t moderate, more and more people could find themselves priced out of the splendid new facilities approved last week.

(via Running a hospital)