Double-edged scalpel: A health-care industry pushed to the breaking point

Editor's note: These stories are part of a national Special Report from The Business Journals: Small Business, Big Mission. At a time when the nation’s doctors and nurses were called upon to risk their lives on the front lines in treating coronavirus patients, a swath of the American health-care sector struggled to stay solvent. For many providers of elective care, ranging from dental offices to chiropractors to physical therapists and plastic surgeons, billions in loans secured by high-end equipment…