Reuters on May 9 reported on a new Moody's Investors Services report that says nonprofit hospitals in the United States face a future of rising costs and dwindling funds as the healthcare reform is implemented and the Congress battles over the budget.  University Medical Center of El Paso and El Paso Children’s Hospital are both nonprofit hospitals. To survive what the rating agency is calling a 'transition period,' the hospitals, which frequently provide free or discounted care for lower-income patients, will have to drastically cut spending.

Reuters article