I agree with everyone's points here. This could end some rendundancy in regional coverage, but it also might mean there is less total care going on. I know that hospitals struggle everywhere [[in NYC, whose population grew substantially while I lived there, they shut down many hospitals, particularly emergency rooms). If the resulting institution would be more financially stable, I guess I am for it. The nature of patient service is changing in many ways. I think as a general trend fewer doctors will have private practice offices, and people will mostly visit small clinics and urgent care centers for most things, moving on to hospitals for major issues. We are lucky in Detroit with a plethora of high quality facilities. And it is a huge economic engine for the area.

For the new name, I like OBeBo.