State attorney general’s appeal could block county’s hospital purchases


Santa Clara County’s attempt to purchase two financially struggling private hospitals has been threatened by an appeal filed by California Attorney General Xavier Becerra to the federal bankruptcy court’s approval of the sale.

The court approved the county’s $235 million offer to buy O’Connor Hospital in San Jose and Saint Louise Regional Hospital in Morgan Hill last month from Verity Health System of California after no other bids were received. But as a result of the appeal, the court…

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