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Another episode in NUMC's continuing struggle

June 14, 2012 1:10 AM By JOYE BROWN joye.brown@newsday.com

The Nassau University Medical Center is located at

Photo credit: Nicole Bartoline | The Nassau University Medical Center is located at 2201 Hempstead Turnpike. (March 12, 2012)

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Nassau University Medical Center's request to Albany for help demonstrates the hospital's continuing struggle to maintain a firm fiscal footing.

The East Meadow hospital, pummeled by reduced Medicaid reimbursements and rapidly growing pension costs, wants state approval to have the Nassau Interim Finance Authority refinance $300 million in hospital debt.

The idea is to use NIFA to allow...

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