Standard&Poor's assigned its 'A-1+' short-term rating to Ascension Health, Mo's $251.175 million Michigan State Hospital Finance Authority's series 1999B-1, 1999B-2 and 1999B-3 annual-mode bonds, to the $35.6 million Connecticut Health and Education Facilities Authority's series 1999B annual-mode bonds, and to the $28.3 million Illinois Finance Authority's series 2000A annual-mode bonds; its 'AA' long-term rating to the $198.455 million Indiana Health Facilities Finance Authority's series 2001A-1 and 2001A-2 multi-annual mode bonds and to the $85.0 million Michigan State Hospital Finance Authority's series 1999B-4 multi-annual mode bonds. In addition, Standard&Poor's assigned its 'AA/A-1+' dual rating to Ascension Health's $81.5 million Nashville and Davidson County Metro Government Health and Education Facilities Board's series 2001B-1 windows mode bonds. The windows
