In The Hospital: Life, Death, and Dollars in a Small American Town, writer Brian Alexander takes a deep look into the continued validity of these statements in today's healthcare arena.

The Ohio native and author of the award-winning Glass House, which zeroed in on the decline of the once-thriving factory town of Lancaster, centers his narrative on individuals affected by the corporatization of America. He follows Phil Ennen, CEO for 32 years of Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers, as he attempts to keep his small hospital in Bryan, Ohio, open for business. There’s more than just healthcare at stake, as Alexander underscores:

"The hospital was special. It wasn't only a community asset in the legal sense; it was a community glue, a community economic powerhouse, a community source of employment, a community lifeline."