New health care jobs have been a big area of growth in an economy struggling to create any jobs at all.
It's no wonder communities are working to attract new health care investments.
Marketplace's Gregory Warner produced a piece on what he calls L. Brooks Patterson's mission: "to rescue Oakland County by creating a medical mecca."
Patterson thinks a new hospital complex will bring in 3,000 jobs. He's seeking approval to build the McLaren Health Care Village in Oakland County.
But as Warner makes clear in his piece, people question whether the new hospital is needed.
And some economists say building redundant hospitals increases health care costs and taxes for all of us.
It's a point that makes Patterson a little hot around the collar.
You can listen to Warner's piece here:
And here is an animation by Warner and Adam Cole that helps explain the health care boom across the country:
Oh The Jobs (Debt?) You'll Create! from Marketplace on Vimeo.
