Oh, okay. I don't know how I got over there ... lol. I guess it appeared on the right margin and I thought it was on the Texas Forum. Very clever of Houzz to get us to move around. Miz G, there's absolutely no reason to be embarrassed! The forums are the place to have fun and sometimes laugh at ourselves. There's been times when I got completed mixed up in my response.

Funny. Everyone decries "Big Government", but I guess "Big Hospital Conglomerates" are better? Anyway, it's what we have -- in urban areas -- and especially in wealthy areas. (Rural areas don't generate enough profits and are subsequently under-served in our Corporate America.) I have one MD, an ENT, who is still in a private practice. I saw her yesterday. Theirs is the only remaining medical practice in a building that once housed four others. The other doctors are now employed by one of the big hospital chains near me. I suspect that her practice continues to survive as much for its hearing aid component as the medical one. The hospital chains constantly advertise and expand in competition with one another. DH and I make bets on how long it will be before the most recent bankrupt retailer's storefront will sport signage for one of these 'medical retailers'.

What is funny is I misread the clue the same way. I am hamstrung myself by having been taught to read Look Say hence the misread so it was my last clue to solve. I like to do it top down in turn if I can. It is a sad day when I have to skip around. Oddly enough for me my reading disability can be helpful because this is sort of like chunky anagrams and I am very good at anagrams even though I cant spell for spit. I also don't remember the answer.

Oh good...glad it was resolved! Thought you got policed...!!!