US Hospitals Are Emerging From Bankruptcy Only to Falter Again

A medic walks outside of the emergency area at Coral Gables Hospital in Coral Gables, Florida.Photographer: Chandan Khanna/AFP/Getty Images

The hospitals that emerged from the bankruptcies of Steward Health Care System and Prospect Medical Holdings Inc. were supposed to help stabilize one of the world’s largest hospital landlords by restoring a battered tenant base after two years of industry stress.

Instead, many are already showing signs of renewed distress.