I’m sorry I do not remember the specifics nor can I site the information to back my staments. Perhaps I will jog someone’s memory. Several years ago there was talk of building another hospital but it seems that idea was shotdown by the state. It seems that an area must reach a certain population before a new hospital can be approved. I believe it was called a certificate of need. The powers that be deemed there was no “need”. A new law was passed last year which changes this. That is likely why we suddenly have all of the new free standing ERs
New Florida law to aid hospitals build facilities without ‘certificate of need’