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Three Big Unions Sue Berger Commission

By Associated Press | March 28, 2007

ALBANY — Three of the state's biggest public employee unions yesterday sued to block the state over the planned restructuring of the health care system announced last year.

In November, the so-called Berger commission recommended closing nine small hospitals and seven nursing homes in New York in a plan billed as one of the most sweeping health care reforms ever proposed by a state.