For decades, hospitals have insisted that they charge the privately insured more to offset losses from Medicare patients. A health care regulator blows the whistle on that myth.
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Posted inMagazine
The New Company Towns
Monopolistic hospital systems now dominate the economies of many cities—and shape public policy far beyond the scope of medicine.
Posted inPolitics
Private Equity and Its Hospitals
“Safety net hospitals” serve troubled communities like Chester in Delaware County, Pennsylvania. Finance companies serve themselves.
Posted inMagazine
How Hospital Monopolies Drive Up the Cost of Care
Hospitals were never meant to be operated like businesses. To improve our health care system, hospital concentration must be regulated.
Posted inThe Monopolized Economy
The Hospital Industry’s No Good, Very Bad Day
At a Senate antitrust hearing, lawmakers appeared poised to finally take on health care provider mergers.
