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  • Doctor No: The public hospital crisis has placed nearly two dozen private hospitals in Los Angeles and Orange counties “in dire financial straits and in danger of bankruptcy or closure,” according to a depressing report in today’s Times. Reporters Daniel Costello and Susannah Rosenblatt found that the local healthcare system is so overburdened that “even a few other hospitals close or reduce costly critical-care services, it could mean longer ambulance rides to hospitals, additional delays in emergency rooms and less access to care, especially for poor and uninsured people.” Industry analysts tell the Times that Integrated Healthcare Holdings Inc., which operates four OC hospitals and has defaulted on its debt “could go bankrupt in the near future.” Don’t worry. Mitt Romney says “market forces” will