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Amityville nuns opt for community health care choice

In Amityville, the motherhouse of the Sisters of St. Dominic is home to about 95 to 110 nuns at any given time - ranging in age from 65 to 100-plus - many of them retired.

Until recently, their health care was provided primarily by a staff of workers and nurses - along with drivers who delivered the nuns to their doctor appointments. But over time that arrangement became a financial drain,...

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