The tides of healthcare ebb and flow like the width of men\u2019s ties and the political affiliation of Michael Bloomberg.\n\nSeemingly set with a huge population of baby boomers needing their wares to remain healthy or, metaphorically speaking, to \u201ccome in for a soft landing,\u201d and spurred on by politicians who thought they were anointed to nudge us, hospital systems grew rapaciously.