Oregon Health Forum
http://www.healthforum.org/jan99.html

Legacy makes $56 million... with some help from United Way

Strong hospital performance boosts income for non-profit
provider. Legacy Health System boasted about its $56 million
profit in a newsletter sent to physicians. At the same time,
United Way announced it was giving Legacy's Visiting Nurses
Association $48,143. "On the surface, you can say, 'Geez,
how can they do that?'" said Scott Palmer, director of 
Willamette Falls Hospital's Foundation. "You have to ask,
'What do they do with that $56 million?'"