Even more important, as I have documented in my new book, "A Second Opinion," there is good evidence that investor-owned medical care facilities are usually less efficient than comparable not-for-profit facilities.

Established in 1964, Riverside Medical Center serves the south suburban counties of Chicago, USA, as a not-for-profit medical facility.

Flagler Hospital, based in St. Augustine, Florida, is a not-for-profit facility established in 1889.

Will tax reform cause the sky to fall on the philanthropy that keeps not-for-profit educational facilities afloat?

A part of the Novant Health organization, it is a private, not-for-profit facility.

"We feel that both for-profit and not-for-profit facilities can be very successfully built and operated," said Stanley Thurston, president of Life Care Services.

The firm has worked in market sectors that have included biosciences and lifesciences, mission-critical, education, healthcare, civic, corporate, recreational, historic and not-for-profit facilities.

It is distinguished as being the only not-for-profit facility of its kind, with international coverage and integrated links to non-patent literature.

As part of the Novant Health organization, Medical Park Hospital is a private, not-for-profit regional medical facility.

Prince William Medical Center joined the Novant Health organization in July 2009 and is a private, not-for-profit facility.