Grafton Hospital Proposal; Healthy Skepticism; Village Officials Should Consider All of the Costs and Benefits of a Proposed Aurora Medical Center Just Five Miles From Another Hospital.

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Grafton Village President James Brunnquell got it right when he said, in considering whether to approve a proposed Aurora medical center in the village, that the paramount consideration for officials should be "how does this particular project benefit the community?"

But certainly part of the question of whether the project will benefit the community involves the center's impact on health care costs, which will be borne by Grafton residents as well as by other residents in Ozaukee County and the rest of southeastern Wisconsin. And that impact needs to be considered by the Plan Commission when it meets Dec. 13 to make a recommendation and by the Village Board when it considers that recommendation on Dec. 17.

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Grafton Hospital Proposal; Healthy Skepticism; Village Officials Should Consider All of the Costs and Benefits of a Proposed Aurora Medical Center Just Five Miles From Another Hospital.

The proposed hospital and medical office building would be built at the east end of the village, ...

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