Column: Providence Health denies claim that it's punishing a respected California hospital
Column: Providence Health denies claim that it's punishing a respected California hospital Michael Hiltzik © (Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times) Reproductive rights advocate Ross Ribaudo of Newport Beach makes his opinion clear outside Hoag Hospital in 2013. (Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times) Providence Health, the giant Catholic healthcare chain fighting an effort by a leading California hospital to end their partnership, is quietly trying to marshal support for its position that it's better for the two entities to remain together. We say "quietly," because the effort t...