http://wunc.org en http://wunc.org/post/why-unc-and-wakemed-both-want-rex <p></p><p></p><p>In May, the board of trustees of WakeMed Hospital in Raleigh made an offer to buy Rex Hospital from UNC Healthcare. UNC has owned Rex since 2000.</p><p>Try calling your local hospital to find the price of a procedure, or a surgery. You can’t find it, in part because everybody pays something different. Tue, 12 Jul 2011 10:00:00 +0000 Rose Hoban 8476 at http://wunc.org Why UNC and WakeMed Both Want Rex http://wunc.org/post/unc-health-care-board-considers-wakemed-offer <p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 15px; background-color: rgb(162, 191, 228);">UNC Health Care board members say they're not interested in selling Rex Hospital to WakeMed.</span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 15px; background-color: rgb(162, 191, 228);"><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 15px; background-color: rgb(162, 191, 228);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 15px; background-color: rgb(162, 191, 228);">Last w Tue, 17 May 2011 10:10:00 +0000 Rose Hoban 8811 at http://wunc.org http://wunc.org/post/uncs-ross-cool-wakemed-offer-rex <p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 15px; background-color: rgb(162, 191, 228);">A proposal from WakeMed to buy Rex Healthcare from UNC is getting a chilly response. UNC president Thomas Ross said in a statement selling Rex Healthcare would be damaging to its core mission and not in the best interest of the people of North Carolina. He went on to say UNC Health Care's board of directors will discuss the proposal on Monday. Thu, 12 May 2011 22:45:00 +0000 Jeremy Loeb 8825 at http://wunc.org