Sutter Health is the largest health care corporation in Northern California and plays an important role in Northern California's health care system. In 2002, Sutter hospitals treated 700,000 patients in their emergency rooms and discharged nearly a quarter million hospital patients - more than any other hospital system in the region. Sutter Health's practice and policies affect more than one hundred Northern California communities that rely on its facilities for medical care. Investigate whether Sutter Health operates in the communities you represent and learn how Sutter's track record of greater corporate control, less community input, decreased services, higher prices and aggressive debt collection have affected California communities and health care consumers.
