Views on Consolidating the Health Care Services

Consolidation of hospitals has become a topic of focus in a number of quarters, nationally and locally. Related to that focus, naturally, is the issue of how the question of market power related to healthcare systems in consolidated markets–including hospitals and ambulatory services–plays out and how policymakers should address the broad issue of the impact on consumers. Brian J. Miller and Jesse M. Ehrenfeld of the American Enterprise Institute explore this subject in a recent report, which you can access here…

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