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If the “vision for Care New England under a merger with Brigham Health is for an ‘expansion of services in Rhode Island,’” that should be specified enforcibly in the merger agreement. pbn.com/lifespan-cne-p…
This merger could be a win or a disaster for #RI, and details will make the difference.

These are some reasonable questions to pin down:

1⃣Will administrative jobs now in R.I. be lost through consolidation?
2⃣Will legal/accounting and other contracts now w R.I. firms be lost?
3⃣Will top quality doctors and remunerative procedures be directed to Mass.?
4⃣Will medical research be concentrated in Mass.?
5⃣Will Brown Medical School be a stepchild to Harvard Medical School?
6⃣How much investment will there be in CNE and its facilities?
7⃣What decisions will CNE CEO get to make?
The only public filing we have so far is not very reassuring on these seemingly fair and obvious questions, particularly when all these decisions look like they will be made in Massachusetts.

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