A bigger, better children’s hospital in Dallas is worth celebrating

Feb. 13, Michael L. Davis, economics professor at the Cox School of Business, SMU Dallas, for a commentary framing the proposed new Children’s Medical Center Dallas as more than a healthcare asset, but also an attractive sign of a healthy growing community. Published in the Dallas Morning News under the heading A bigger, better children’s hospital in Dallas is worth celebrating: http://tinyurl.com/4fybwsdr 

If you’re depressed about current events — and if you’re not, you haven’t been paying attention — let me try and cheer you up by telling you a story. It’s a story about chickens and eggs and children. Especially children.

I’ll start my story with the happy ending: Children’s Health System of Texas and UT Southwestern Medical Center just announced plans to build a brand-new hospital for kids. The new facility will be significantly bigger and more advanced than the current Children’s Medical Center Dallas. It will cost $5 billion and will not require taxpayer money.

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