To: Craig N. Melin, President/CEO, Cooley Dickinson Hospital

Keep Wall Street Out of Cooley Dickinson Hospital

Don't allow Cooley Dickinson Hospital to merge with or be acquired by Vanguard Health Systems. Letting a profit-driven corporation that trades on Wall Street get its hands on our hospital would be a great disservice to the community.

Why is this important?

Cooley Dickinson Hospital (a nonprofit) in Northampton, MA is in merger/acquisition talks with Mass General, Baystate Health (both nonprofits), and Vanguard Health Systems. Vanguard is a profit-driven corporation that trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol VHS.