ao ew 12 13 14 15 16 17 SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY CHANCERY DIVISION GENERAL EQUITY PART MIDDLESEX COUNTY DOCKET NO. MID-C-201-17 APP. DIV. NO. — IN THE MATTER OF THE) APPLICATION OF JFK) HEALTH SYSTEM, INC., AND) THE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL ) TRANSCRIPT GROUP, INC., T/A JFK ) MEDICAL CENTER FOR) + OF APPROVAL OF THE CHANGE ) OF CONTROL OF JFK BEALTH) MOTION SYSTEM, INC. AND THE ) COMMUNITY GROUP, INC., ) T/A JFK MEDICAL CENTER ) PURSUANT TO ) N.J.S.A 26:2H-7.10, ) et seq. ) Place: Middlesex Co. Courthouse 56 Paterson Street New Brunswick, NJ 08903 Date: December 15, 2017 BEFORE: HONORABLE ARTHUR BERGMAN, J.S.C.ql 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 It was announced in the newspapers that there was a merger. ‘The public was told there was a merger, yet there was no merger. On several levels we did not receive the protections of any regulatory authority. THE COURT: Tell me who we are. MS. DOWE: The citizens of Plainfield, New Jersey and the 13 communities that passed resolution opposing the closure. Now we went to court. THE COURT: Uh-huh. MS. DOWE: We -- we went before the State Health Planning Board. Nobody has afforded us with the protections that are being provided right now in this courtroom. There was no CHAPA proceeding. There was no community impact study, no community needs assessment, and we were barred from speaking before the State Health Planning Board. Now it's my understanding that you can have @ monopoly. A State has the right to have a monopoly, but they must regulate it in the manner of the Board of Public Utilities. I contend that all of these mergers and the exclusion of our community from having a voice on any level of government constitutes a unregulated monopoly.