Colorado's public-option health plan would lower premiums on the individual market by 12%, but the state's hospital association balked at the propose reimbursement rates, which have a base rate of 155% of Medicare.

Sister M. Therese Gottschalk emigrated to the U.S. in 1953 and had a long career in hospital administration, including 38 years at the helm of Ascension St. John.

Every woman I know has a story. We grew up working in healthcare administration in the '80s and '90s, and as young women, some older man in the organization made subtle or not-so-subtle suggestions about how we might get ahead in the field.

The not-for-profit health system reported net operating income of $1.06 billion on revenue of $13.82 billion, up 72% from $617 million in net operating income on $12.6 billion of revenue in 2018.