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1. Political campaign's such as SEIU's ballot initiative will curb and put a brake on a hospital's ability to carry out its strategy. To carry out its stratgey and achieve its goals and objectives, hospitals follow a particular business model that will help it to realize its objectives. But campaigns like ballot initiative and signature gathering campaign will put restrictions on the business model of the hospitals. This will cause the hospitals to tweak their strategy.

For example, hospitals will not be allowed to charge more than 25% above its costs. Secondly,the nonprofit hospitals will have to allot a specific percentage of its revenue to provide free health care services to the poor.

2. The hospital associations have signed an agreement with the SEIU so as to not be damaged and scathed by campaigns that SEIU can undertake in the future. It's political campaign in the form of signature campaign and signature gathering had put new and strict conditions on hospital's operations and business models. For instance SEIU, before the agreement was signed, was proposing to introduce some measures like a cap on the prices charged (over and above the cost) etc. To avoid such future proposals that have the potential to weaken the hospital's revenue mode, they signed an agreement with SEIU.

3. Yes, i think that SEIU can help hospitals to reduce costs and improve quality and access to care. By being associated to SEIU, the hospitals can have lower turnover of its workers. When nurses, therapists etc, belongs to an union they will tend to stick to their jobs and not leave it as frequently. This will help the hospitals in reducing their costs of hiring new employees and training them. Secondly, hospitals can implement changes easily. Important and crucial changes can be introduced after passing the information to the union's leadership. Improved flexibility in this regard will help all the workers to be on the same page and allow the hospitals to introduce necessary changes in its operations.

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